14.7% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Renmark South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Renmark South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Renmark South has remained steady over the last decade. While volunteering is slightly lower than the state average, about 26% of the community spends significant time on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 26.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a rate well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare and 13.6% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the state average of 3.2%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Renmark South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41250/renmark-south/topic/community