14.1% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torrens · State Electorate
Community Participation in Torrens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local activity in Torrens sits largely in line with national and state patterns. While most community participation figures are about the same as the Australian average, the proportion of residents volunteering has dropped to 14.1% since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people in Torrens volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a little below South Australia's 17.0% and shows a decline of 2.5 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are common, with 27.2% of people caring for children and 12.1% providing other unpaid care. These figures are about the same as state and national levels, and the number of people doing housework for 15 or more hours a week has barely changed since 2011.
12.1% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is represented by 2.6% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 57% 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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40043/torrens/topic/community