28.0% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wolseley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wolseley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people pitch in for the community in Wolseley than in most similar areas. This is most evident in the volunteering rate, where 28% of residents give their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28% of people helping out. This is far above both the South Australian rate of 17% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 17.1% of residents provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. While 28% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—the 21.3% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
17.1% ▲ +90.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
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% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Wolseley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41630/wolseley/topic/community