4.8% ▼ -82.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Paterson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 4.8% of people volunteer in Port Paterson, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This suggests a low level of community involvement compared to the rest of the state. This trend is mirrored in other areas of service and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate of 4.8% is far below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.3% of residents provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—only 20.6% care for children unpaid, which is well below both the state and national rates.
14.3% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 Paterson has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian average 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 Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41208/port-paterson/topic/community