20.8% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Terowie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Terowie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 20.8% of people volunteer in Terowie, which is far higher than the national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.8% of the community volunteers, a figure that is well above both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far below the national figure at 15.2%, while 12.0% of people provide some form of unpaid care. Around 24.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian average.
12.0% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.6% of people having served, which is well above the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Terowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41439/terowie/topic/community