24.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterfall Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waterfall Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people contribute their time to others in Waterfall Gully than in the rest of the country. Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, and the area sees much higher rates of unpaid care and housework compared to both South Australia and the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.4% of people helping out, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, with 43.1% of people caring for children—a rate far above the national figure. This is seen alongside higher levels of unpaid care generally (22.8%) and housework (27.6%) compared to most areas.
22.8% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.1% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is 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 Waterfall Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41545/waterfall-gully/topic/community