31.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sheringa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sheringa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Sheringa than in most similar areas. About 31% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that sits far above the national average of 14.1%. This strong local involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the area's community life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31% of people helping out. This is far above the 17% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 20.7% of residents provide unpaid care—a rate well above the national figure of 11.9%—this work is not mainly for children. In fact, those caring for children (20.7%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework (10.3%) are both well below state and national levels.
20.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Sheringa has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and 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 Sheringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41339/sheringa/topic/community