20.3% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathalbyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathalbyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average share of people volunteer in Strathalbyn, where 20.3% of the community give their time. This level of engagement is significantly higher than the Western Australian and national figures. It marks the town as a place with a strong culture of community contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of people helping out. This is 6.2 percentage points higher than the Australian average and well above most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent, with 28.5% of people looking after children. This is about the same as the state average, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week are well above the national figure at 25.1%.
13.2% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
About 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Strathalbyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51410/strathalbyn/topic/community