29.4% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wistow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wistow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement define Wistow compared to similar areas. Nearly 30% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.4% of residents giving their time. This is far above both the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life in Wistow, where 35.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure, alongside well above average rates of unpaid childcare (32.7%) and general unpaid care (16.7%).
16.7% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
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 little more than the national average of 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 4.5% of people in Wistow having served.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Wistow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41627/wistow/topic/community