10.4% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taperoo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taperoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Taperoo have stayed involved in local volunteering since 2011. Only 10.4% of the community now volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While formal volunteering is low, a higher than usual number of people provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.4% of people in Taperoo volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian average of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure at 15.5%. However, 19.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
15.5% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which 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 Taperoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41421/taperoo/topic/community