45.5% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whites Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whites Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 45.5% of people in Whites Flat volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community shows a very high level of local involvement, especially when it comes to helping others and managing family needs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 45.5% of residents pitching in. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More than half of the people here (51.5%) provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. While 24.2% do a lot of unpaid housework, the proportion of people providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 9.1%.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
51.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2% and a little below the national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Whites Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41581/whites-flat/topic/community