18.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tonsley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tonsley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care in Tonsley compared to the rest of the state. While 18.9% of residents volunteer—a figure well above the national average—there are very low levels of housework and childcare roles across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.9% of people giving their time. This is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas. Only 8% of people provide unpaid care, and just 11.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Tonsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41457/tonsley/topic/community