19.2% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Semaphore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Semaphore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Semaphore, where 19.2% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure and shows a community that is active in supporting local causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents volunteers, which is a little above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.4% of people provide unpaid care—a figure higher than most areas—fewer people here look after children (23.0%) or spend 15 or more hours on housework (18.5%) compared to the national average.
14.4% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
About 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Semaphore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41329/semaphore/topic/community