13.6% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Augusta · Urban Area
Community Participation in Port Augusta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care set Port Augusta apart from most similar areas. Only 13.6% of people here volunteer, and a small proportion of the population provide unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Port Augusta has fallen 2.4 percentage points since 2011. At 13.6%, the rate is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 23.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 19.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
11.1% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 less common here than in most similar areas. Just 2.4% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for South Australia and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 88% 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 Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4004/port-augusta/topic/community