27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Punthari · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Punthari
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Punthari volunteer, making it a community where residents are far more likely to give their time than those in other parts of the country. This strong spirit of helping out is reflected in high rates of unpaid care and a volunteering rate of 27.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.3% of people helping out. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and 13 percentage points higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, with 42.4% caring for children—a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. While 15.2% provide other unpaid care, the 18.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the state figure.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.4% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Punthari has served in the Defence Force, which 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 Punthari [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41224/punthari/topic/community