28.9% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swanport · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swanport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Swanport volunteer, a rate much higher than most other areas. This community is far more active in unpaid work than the national average, with high levels of volunteering and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of residents helping out. This is far 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 work is common, with 26.6% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 27.3% provide unpaid childcare, slightly above the Australian average.
14.1% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
No one in Swanport has served in the Defence Force, a rate 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 Swanport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41414/swanport/topic/community