18.9% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Lincoln · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Port Lincoln
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Port Lincoln, where 18.9% of people give their time to help others. This local spirit has grown since 2011 and puts the town well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is much higher than the 14.1% seen across Australia. This commitment to community work has risen by 3.0 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the national figure at 25.8%. While 12.1% of residents provide unpaid care, this is lower than in most other similar areas.
12.1% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
About 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL413004/port-lincoln/topic/community