18.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silverton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Silverton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Silverton give their time as volunteers, making it a place where community contribution is more common than in the rest of Australia. While many help out in the community, fewer residents are providing unpaid care compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.9% of residents helping out. This is a little above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, at just 8.1%, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with a much lower rate of people caring for children unpaid (21.6%) compared to the Australian average of 26.3%.
8.1% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2% and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Silverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41343/silverton/topic/community