10.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Gawler
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Port Gawler than in most similar areas, though overall community volunteering is quite low. Nearly 40% of residents look after children without pay, which is a standout figure for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below both the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20.7% of people providing this support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by the 39.1% of residents who care for children unpaid, a rate far above the rest of the country.
20.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
No one in Port Gawler has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41195/port-gawler/topic/community