35.8% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Venus Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Venus Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Venus Bay now volunteer, marking a significant rise in community activity since 2011. This is a highly active area where residents give back far more than people in the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.8% of people giving their time. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life for 26.4% of residents, which is far above the national figure. While fewer people care for children unpaid compared to most areas, 34% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the state average.
26.4% ▲ +84.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 3.2% for South Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Venus Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41502/venus-bay/topic/community