18.3% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whyalla Jenkins · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whyalla Jenkins
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare set Whyalla Jenkins apart from the rest of the state. While 34.5% of people here provide unpaid childcare, the national figure is only 26.3%. This strong focus on family care sits alongside a healthy volunteer spirit across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and a little above South Australia's 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here at 34.5%, which is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 23.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, though the 11.0% who provide other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.0% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 2.2% of the population, which is a little below the state figure of 3.2% and about the same as the national rate.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Whyalla Jenkins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41587/whyalla-jenkins/topic/community