36.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wynarka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wynarka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Wynarka volunteer, making it an area with exceptionally high community involvement. This spirit of helping out extends into the home, where residents are far more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than those in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life; 20.6% of people provide unpaid care, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is seen alongside a high proportion of people caring for children (30.2%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (30.2%).
20.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Wynarka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41662/wynarka/topic/community