14.0% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ovingham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ovingham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people spend significant time on housework in Ovingham than in most other areas. Only 15.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.0% of people in Ovingham volunteer, a rate that is a little below the South Australian figure and about the same as the rest of Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas; only 10.0% of residents provide unpaid care, and the 23.8% who care for children unpaid is a little below the national average.
10.0% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Ovingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41084/ovingham/topic/community