20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pata · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pata
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Pata has remained a defining feature of the area, with strong traditions of service and volunteering. A striking 20% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution extends to military service, where the local rate of veterans is much higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people in Pata volunteer, a figure that is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and far higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 5.3% of people provide unpaid care and 16% care for children unpaid, both of which are well below the South Australian and national figures.
5.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.8% of residents having served, well above the 3.2% state average.
6.8%
Higher than 88% 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 Pata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41122/pata/topic/community