22.7% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5066, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5066, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in postcode 5066 give their time to volunteering, reflecting a high level of community involvement. This area sees much higher rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%, although this rate has fallen 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.4% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside higher than usual rates of people providing other unpaid care (14.7%) and those doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly (24.4%).
14.7% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Around 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
2.8%
Lower than 54% 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 5066, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5066/5066-sa/topic/community