9.9% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Richmond
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.9% of people in West Richmond volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. This lack of community volunteering is the most striking feature of the local profile, sitting well below both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the state figure of 26.5%. Similarly, 19.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, while 12.5% provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
12.5% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 West Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41571/west-richmond/topic/community