27.0% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willunga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Willunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Willunga provide unpaid childcare, highlighting a strong culture of family and community support. This area stands out for its high levels of volunteering and unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. Most of these trends have grown or remained steady over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27% of residents helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas, with 34.7% caring for children and 28% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Meanwhile, those providing other forms of unpaid care rose to 15.8% by 2021.
15.8% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 3.2% 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.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Willunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415048/willunga/topic/community