23.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kapunda · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kapunda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people in Kapunda volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, though the proportion of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.4% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian rate of 17.0%. This is a decrease from 2011, when 26.6% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework here than in most areas, reaching 25.5%. Meanwhile, 25.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare and 13.1% provide other unpaid care, both figures being about the same as the state average.
13.1% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.3%, this is a little above both the South Australian (3.2%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
4.3%
Higher than 67% 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 Kapunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415016/kapunda/topic/community