12.5% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Solomontown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Solomontown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 13% of people in Solomontown provide unpaid care, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. While some residents contribute to their community, others are less likely to volunteer or provide childcare compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas. Only 12.5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people in Solomontown provide unpaid childcare, at 18.6%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. About 20.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, a result slightly lower than the state average.
13.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 3.1% of people having served. This is about the same as both South Australia and the national figure.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Solomontown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41351/solomontown/topic/community