19.7% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walkerville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walkerville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Walkerville volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, with a higher-than-usual proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents are volunteers. This is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.7% of people providing care and 24.9% caring for children, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures. However, the 20.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than in most other areas.
12.7% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Walkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41514/walkerville/topic/community