13.7% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wellington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Wellington (SA) involves a high level of support for others, with 16.7% of people providing unpaid care. While formal volunteering is less common here than in other areas, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members and those performing unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid care compared to most areas, though the 14.9% who care for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 24.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian average.
16.7% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5.8% of the population having served, well above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41561/wellington/topic/community