10.5% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whyalla Stuart · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whyalla Stuart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.5% of people in Whyalla Stuart volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This low level of community volunteering is the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 22.0% of people providing this care. While housework rates are about the same as the national figure, 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.5% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41590/whyalla-stuart/topic/community