16.4% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thebarton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thebarton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Thebarton provide unpaid care for children, though this is well below the state and national figures. While few residents handle heavy housework or child care, volunteering rates remain steady and typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and roughly the same as the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much fewer people in Thebarton provide unpaid care for children (19.8%) or do more than 15 hours of housework (17.8%) compared to most other areas. However, the 12.7% who provide some form of unpaid care is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.7% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.6% of the population being a little below the figures for South Australia and Australia.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Thebarton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41443/thebarton/topic/community