16.8% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Marys
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
St Marys (SA) generally sits in the middle of the pack compared to similar areas for community involvement. Most local residents follow state and national patterns for volunteering and caregiving, with about 16.8% of people giving their time to volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are around the middle for its level, with 16.8% of residents helping out. This is about the same as the South Australian figure of 17.0% and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 27.1% of people look after children and 12.8% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as state and national figures. However, the 19.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
12.8% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 less common here than in most similar areas. Only 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41373/st-marys/topic/community