8.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterloo Corner · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waterloo Corner
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Waterloo Corner give their time to community groups and family care than in other parts of the state. While only 8.4% of residents volunteer, there is a notably strong history of military service in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 8.4% of people helping out. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is much lower than most areas at 16.6%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, the 13.3% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the state average.
13.3% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. At 4.4%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Waterloo Corner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41547/waterloo-corner/topic/community