12.8% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallaroo Mines · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallaroo Mines
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Wallaroo Mines do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This high level of home-based work is a standout feature for the area, though volunteering is much less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.9% of people providing care and 24.9% doing significant housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. About 24.6% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Australian average.
13.9% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Mines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41519/wallaroo-mines/topic/community