25.0% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallaroo Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallaroo Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Wallaroo Plain volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high level of community spirit stands out against a very low rate of unpaid caregiving and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of people here volunteer, a figure 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 care is rare here, as 0% of residents provide unpaid care and only 10.4% care for children unpaid, both far below the national average. Housework is also less common, with 20.8% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.4% ▼ -65.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▲ +108.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
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 Wallaroo Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41520/wallaroo-plain/topic/community