14.5% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whyalla · Urban Area
Community Participation in Whyalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have spent their time volunteering or caring for children in Whyalla since 2011. While 14.5% of residents volunteer, this is a 5 point drop over the last decade and is lower than most similar areas. This shift in community activity comes alongside an increase in those providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.5% of people in Whyalla volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure but a little below the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.3% of residents doing so. This rose by 2 points since 2011, though the share of people caring for children unpaid fell to 25.0% in that time.
13.3% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 Force service is less common in Whyalla than in most similar areas, with 2.2% of the population having served.
2.2%
Lower than 90% 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 Whyalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4008/whyalla/topic/community