19.2% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Lincoln · Urban Area
Community Participation in Port Lincoln
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above national average of 19.2% of people volunteer in Port Lincoln, marking it as a place with high community involvement. While volunteering is much higher than in most other areas, the number of people giving their time has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and well above the 14.1% national rate. This involvement has dropped 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare and housework are common, with 26.7% of people caring for children and 22.6% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are higher than most areas, though 11.9% providing general unpaid care is lower than in most places.
11.9% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 70% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 2.8% of the population. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4005/port-lincoln/topic/community