20.7% —
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nuriootpa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nuriootpa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in Nuriootpa, a rate well above the national figure. While this shows a strong local commitment to community work, the number of volunteers has fallen by 7.9 percentage points since 2016. This trend highlights a changing way the community engages with unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas. This is well above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is typical for the area at 25.9%. Meanwhile, 24.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.5% —
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% —
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the state rate of 3.2% and the national figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 54% 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 Nuriootpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL414004/nuriootpa/topic/community