21.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pyap West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pyap West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas, making Pyap West a place with high community spirit. Around 22% of residents give their time to others, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.9% of people volunteer, a figure that is well above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 34.4% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This contrasts with unpaid care for others, which is far below the state and national levels at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 the area 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 Pyap West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41229/pyap-west/topic/community