20.0% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tungkillo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tungkillo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Tungkillo give their time to others compared to the national average. One in five residents volunteers, and the area sees much higher rates of unpaid care and housework than the state or the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.0% of people helping out. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Tungkillo, where 15.7% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This is seen alongside high rates of unpaid housework (27.5%) and childcare (27.9%), both of which are well above national figures.
15.7% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the South Australian rate of 3.2% and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Tungkillo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41477/tungkillo/topic/community