16.3% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5020, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5020, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in postcode 5020 than is typical across Australia. This includes a high number of residents looking after children, while the area also has a notably strong presence of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This is around the middle for similar areas, though the rate has fallen from 18.6% since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 31.4% of people providing unpaid child care—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This helps explain why the area is among the highest for overall unpaid care, which rose to 16.4% by 2021.
16.4% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population. This is a little above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
3.9%
Higher than 75% of postcode 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 5020, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5020/5020-sa/topic/community