10.9% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pooraka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pooraka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Pooraka spend their spare time volunteering, with only 10.9% taking part in this activity. This is well below the national figure and is the most striking gap in how locals engage with their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is well below both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.3% of people providing care and 26.0% caring for children, both of which are about the same as state and national levels. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
A small number of people in Pooraka have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Pooraka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41185/pooraka/topic/community