13.7% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
King · State Electorate
Community Participation in King
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service set King apart from most similar areas. While 29.1% of people care for children unpaid, volunteer rates have dipped slightly over the last decade. These figures show a community heavily focused on family and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average but well below the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in King, with 13.6% of people providing this support, a figure that rose since 2011. This trend is seen alongside a much higher than average 29.1% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
13.6% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 much higher proportion of people in King have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.2%. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 81% 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 King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40026/king/topic/community