23.4% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Germein · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Port Germein
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Port Germein (L) volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. While a strong 23.4% of the population gives back to the community, this is a drop from 31.7% seen back in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most similar areas, sitting at 23.4%, which is well above the South Australian rate of 17%. Regardless of this high standing, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 8.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid childcare, with just 9.4% doing so, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 24.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above the state average.
11.3% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.4% ▼ -49.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the South Australian figure of 3.2% and the national rate of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 82% 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 Port Germein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422042/port-germein/topic/community