38.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stokes Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stokes Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 38.3% of people in Stokes Bay volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the home, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 38.3% of residents helping out. This is far above both South Australia's 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 40.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 38.3% caring for children, both far above national figures. Meanwhile, 12.8% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
12.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.4% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 40.4%
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 average 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 Stokes Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41390/stokes-bay/topic/community