11.9% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cheltenham · State Electorate
Community Participation in Cheltenham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates and unpaid care have both dipped slightly since 2011 in Cheltenham. Today, 11.9% of people volunteer, which is a lower rate than most other similar areas. This suggests a general trend of less unpaid community and household work over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the South Australian rate of 17.0% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is much less common here than in most areas, with 17.9% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. This is well below the state figure, and matches a slight drop in the 24.2% of people who provide unpaid childcare.
12.5% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 2.3% of people in Cheltenham have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 68% of state electorate 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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40006/cheltenham/topic/community