53.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Weetulta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Weetulta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of all residents in Weetulta volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This spirit of helping others is seen across the board, with very high rates of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 53.5% of people pitching in. 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 frequent, as 55.8% of people care for children and 25.6% provide other forms of unpaid care. Additionally, 30.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
25.6% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
55.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 6.5%, this is well above both the state figure of 3.2% and the national rate of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Weetulta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41559/weetulta/topic/community