25.8% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Sturt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Sturt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Upper Sturt contribute their time to others than in most similar areas. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work, with 25.8% of residents volunteering—a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in four residents volunteer here, which is well above the South Australian rate of 17% and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Upper Sturt, where 32.8% of people care for children unpaid. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, while 15.8% provide other unpaid care and 25.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
15.8% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 larger share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of residents having served. This is a little above the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Upper Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41494/upper-sturt/topic/community