24.1% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stonyfell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stonyfell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Stonyfell give their time as volunteers, making it a community with very high levels of participation. This spirit of helping out is reflected in the way people support their families and neighbours, with many taking on unpaid care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.1% of people volunteer here, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area, with 15.6% of people providing care and 33.6% looking after children unpaid, both of which are much higher than most areas. Around 23.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
15.6% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Stonyfell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41393/stonyfell/topic/community