21.2% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willow Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willow Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 21% of people in Willow Springs volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This is a highly engaged community where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.2% of residents volunteer their time. This is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and far higher than the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very low at 15.2%, and only 6.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far below the national figures. However, 13.6% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.1% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.6%, this is a little above the state and national figures.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Willow Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41607/willow-springs/topic/community