25.5% —
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Remainder of State/Territory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people volunteer in Remainder of State/Territory (SA) than in most other areas. Over a quarter of the population gives their time to others, creating a gap of 11 percentage points over the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and far above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do significant unpaid housework than in most areas, with 26.9% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid childcare and general care are about the same as the state and national levels.
13.6% —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% —
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% —
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
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 3.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL431001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/community