22.6% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willyaroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willyaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Willyaroo volunteer, reflecting a strong spirit of community support. This small area sees much higher rates of unpaid care and volunteering than both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of local life, as 30.8% of people care for children and 17.3% provide unpaid care. These figures are much higher than most areas, with 27.4% of residents also doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
17.3% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Higher 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 Willyaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41613/willyaroo/topic/community