28.1% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Vincent · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Vincent
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Port Vincent. Nearly 30% of people here give their time to others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 28.1% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is far below the national figure at 13.1%, 30.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the typical Australian home.
12.5% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national average of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Vincent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41214/port-vincent/topic/community