The Volunteering in South Australia in 2008 survey, conducted by Harrison Market Research and involving more than 1,500 respondents, reveals that around half of all South Australians volunteer in the community.
This equates to around 610,000 South Australian volunteers providing an estimated 1.4 million volunteer hours per week.
The results show that we're steadily en route to achieving our SA Strategic Plan target of maintaining a high level of volunteering in South Australia at a 50% participation rate or higher.
The survey has also revealed that 59% of SA's volunteers are feeling a greater sense of satisfaction from the work that they do, which is a significant increase from the 48% reported in the previous survey, conducted in 2006.
In the previous 2006 survey, South Australia had achieved its original strategic plan target of 50% volunteering by 2010 - well ahead of schedule. This target was modified and updated in 2007 to reflect a high rate of volunteering being 'maintained'.
