17.4% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5070, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5070, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle for most community activities, postcode 5070 shows a steady level of local engagement. The area has a particularly strong volunteering rate of 17.4%, which is well above the national figure. Most residents follow typical patterns for unpaid care and service, with few striking gaps compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people helping out, a rate well above the Australian average of 14.1%. However, this has fallen slightly by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.9% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. Meanwhile, the 19.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework each week is much lower than in most other areas.
12.9% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 2.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.3%
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 5070, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5070/5070-sa/topic/community