33.5% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Uraidla - Summertown · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Uraidla - Summertown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 33.5% of people in Uraidla - Summertown volunteer, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This strong community spirit is paired with high levels of unpaid care, with more people looking after children and others than is typical for the state or nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in three residents volunteers here, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17% and the national rate of 14.1%. This habit of helping out has grown, rising 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 35.7% of people caring for children—well above the national 26.3% and up 14 points since 2011. This is alongside higher than usual rates of people providing general unpaid care (16.6%) and those doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly (25%).
16.6% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% ▲ +68.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Only 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 75% 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 Uraidla - Summertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421038/uraidla-summertown/topic/community