24.2% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Not in any Significant Urban Area
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people volunteer in Not in any Significant Urban Area (SA), a rate far above the national figure. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, this sparsely populated region maintains a very strong culture of community contribution and unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 24.2%, the share of volunteers is among the highest for this level of area and sits well above the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This is a decline from 2011, when 28.8% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 25.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.1% provide unpaid care—about the same as the state average—while those caring for children unpaid are a little below the national rate at 24.7%.
13.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/community