14.8% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kanmantoo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kanmantoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for unpaid care, Kanmantoo has a high proportion of residents supporting others in the home. While 36.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, volunteering has fallen over the last decade. These figures show a community where home-based care is a priority over formal community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Kanmantoo has fallen 5.3 percentage points since 2011 to 14.8%. This is lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common here, with 15.9% of people providing unpaid care, a figure that rose 4.1 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the national figure, and is consistent with 36.2% of people caring for children and 27.2% spending over 15 hours a week on housework.
15.9% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.2% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
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 Kanmantoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421017/kanmantoo/topic/community