15.1% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Adelaide · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Adelaide
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people have served in the Defence Force in Port Adelaide compared to the rest of the country. While the area is very unlikely to have people doing unpaid childcare or housework, there is a stronger tendency for residents to provide other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the South Australian figure and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid childcare (17.3%) or do over 15 hours of housework (14.7%), both of which are well below national figures. However, 14.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
14.2% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
Military service is far more common here than in most areas, with 6.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.6%
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 Port Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41187/port-adelaide/topic/community