16.2% ▼ -56.4%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myponga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Myponga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Myponga (L) provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents are active in caring roles, the number of people volunteering has fallen since 2011. This creates a community profile where family and care duties are very prominent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. However, this represents a significant drop from 2011, when 37.2% of the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing care and 35.4% looking after children. This child-care rate is well above the South Australian figure of 26.5%. Meanwhile, 21.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is lower than most areas.
15.3% ▲ +112.1%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% ▲ +38.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Myponga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422035/myponga/topic/community