19.5% ▼ -48.2%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bute · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bute
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering and childcare has occurred in Bute since 2011. While 19.5% of people still volunteer, this is a fall of 18 percentage points over a decade. The area now sees fewer people caring for children but more people providing other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this rate has fallen significantly from 37.6% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very low at 13.0%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care has risen to 16.0%, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
16.0% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% ▼ -62.8%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Military service is common in Bute, with 6.9% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above both the South Australian figure of 3.2% and the national figure of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Bute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422011/bute/topic/community