4.1% ▼ -88.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pukatja (Ernabella) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pukatja (Ernabella)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in unpaid childcare separates Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) from the rest of the country. While 66.8% of people here provide unpaid care for children, only 4.1% of the community volunteers for organisations, which is far below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in the area, falling from 36.7% in 2011 to just 4.1% in 2021. This is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here at 66.8%, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. This rise in childcare is mirrored by an increase in general unpaid care, which rose to 20.8% since 2011.
20.8% ▲ +153.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
66.8% ▲ +167.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Pukatja (Ernabella) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421033/pukatja/topic/community