12.8% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Two Wells · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Two Wells
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Two Wells provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas, with 31.2% of residents stepping in to help. While family support is high, other forms of community involvement have dipped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates have fallen to 12.8% since 2011, which is now well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This level of participation is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 31.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 11.9% providing general unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
11.9% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and roughly the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
3.5%
Lower than 51% 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 Two Wells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415043/two-wells/topic/community