13.6% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sturt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sturt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 21.6% of people in Sturt provide unpaid childcare, making this the most common form of community contribution in the area. This figure is well below the state and national averages. Overall, residents here are less likely to engage in unpaid care or volunteer work than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.6% of the community volunteers. This is lower than in most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than elsewhere. Only 11.8% of people provide unpaid care, and 19.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are lower than typical figures for the state and nation.
11.8% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Higher 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 Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41401/sturt/topic/community