23.9% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tulka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tulka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people volunteer in Tulka, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as a key feature of the area, despite far fewer people providing unpaid care for children or others compared to most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.9% of residents helping out. This is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly—well above the national figure—very few provide other forms of care. Only 6.4% provide unpaid care and 18.3% care for children unpaid, both of which are well below state and national levels.
6.4% ▼ -65.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 3.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is higher than in most similar areas and sits about the same as the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Tulka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41475/tulka/topic/community