20.2% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Victoria · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Victoria
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figures, Port Victoria shows a strong commitment to volunteering and community support. About 20.2% of residents volunteer, and the area has a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of people giving their time, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.1% of people provide unpaid care—higher than the national figure—far fewer residents look after children unpaid compared to the rest of the state.
15.1% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Port Victoria than in most areas, with 6.6% of people having served, well above the 2.8% national average.
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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41213/port-victoria/topic/community