20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ward Belt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ward Belt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above national average of 20.5% of people volunteer in Ward Belt. This level of community spirit is much higher than across Australia, where only 14.1% of people give their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of residents helping out, a figure that is well above both the South Australian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family and care duties are very prominent, as 31.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This trend is consistent with a higher than usual 14.2% of residents providing other types of unpaid care.
14.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Ward Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41534/ward-belt/topic/community