14.2% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Torrens · State Electorate
Community Participation in West Torrens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 23.3% of people in West Torrens provide unpaid child care, though this is well below the national figure. While fewer residents are looking after children or doing heavy housework, a higher than usual number of people provide general unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.2% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Australian average. This is a little below the South Australian rate of 17.0%, and has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (18.7%) or care for children unpaid (23.3%) compared to most areas. In contrast, the 13.1% who provide other unpaid care is higher than in most areas and has risen since 2011.
13.1% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
Only 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than in most similar areas.
1.9%
Lower than 79% 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 West Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40046/west-torrens/topic/community