20.0% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wayville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wayville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wayville has remained steady, with one in five residents now stepping up to volunteer. This level of participation is well above the national figure, showing a strong commitment to local activities and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.0% of people in Wayville volunteer, which is well above both the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are less common here than in most areas; only 23.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (18.1%) and those providing any unpaid care (11.0%) are both lower than the state average.
11.0% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, with 2.4% of the population having served in the Defence Force, a figure about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
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 Wayville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41555/wayville/topic/community