17.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Weeroona Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Weeroona Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life on Weeroona Island involves a high level of unpaid work and service to others. While volunteering is typical, a striking 10.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people here volunteer, which is the same as the South Australian average and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.9% of people providing care and 38.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid are far below the national average at 14.2%.
18.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.7% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 38.7%
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.
A high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 10.4%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
10.4%
Higher than 97% 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 Weeroona Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41558/weeroona-island/topic/community