20.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Pass · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Point Pass
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Point Pass since the 2011 census. Local residents are far more likely to volunteer than people in other parts of the country, with 20.4% of the population giving their time to the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 18.4% of people provide unpaid care and 29.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 21.4%, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.8% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Point Pass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41171/point-pass/topic/community