19.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallaroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five residents have served in the Defence Force, making Wallaroo a place with a much higher rate of veterans than most similar areas. This spirit of service extends to the wider community, where volunteering is far more common than it is across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of people volunteer their time. This is a little above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.4% of people provide unpaid care, the number of people caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above both the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 striking 5.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Wallaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41518/wallaroo/topic/community