28.8% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wauraltee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wauraltee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 30% of people in Wauraltee give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community contribution is a major part of daily life. This spirit of helping out is seen in both formal volunteering and the high number of residents who manage unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 28.8% of people helping out. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 57.7% of people care for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. Additionally, 30.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 13.5% provide other types of unpaid care.
13.5% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
57.7% ▲ +153.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 Wauraltee has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the state average of 3.2% and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Wauraltee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41554/wauraltee/topic/community