14.7% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5038, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5038, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 24.1% of people in postcode 5038 provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. This figure is a little below the South Australian and national averages. Other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are generally less common in the area than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is lower than in most areas, with 14.7% of residents pitching in. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and has fallen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with 11.7% of people providing care and 18.6% doing over 15 hours of housework. While the number of unpaid carers rose 1.3 percentage points since 2011, the 24.1% of people caring for children has barely changed.
11.7% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.4% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 66% 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 5038, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5038/5038-sa/topic/community