20.6% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Andamooka · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Andamooka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Andamooka volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. While community spirit remains high, the number of people volunteering has fallen by 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 14.6%, though 14.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
14.2% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Andamooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422004/andamooka/topic/community