16.8% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Augusta West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Augusta West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Port Augusta West than across the rest of Australia. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with 16.8% of residents giving their time to volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and about the same as the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 25.6% of people caring for children and 12.6% providing other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as state and national figures. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than most areas at 19.8%.
12.6% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 3.0% of the population having served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Augusta West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41190/port-augusta-west/topic/community