13.6% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5086, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5086, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in postcode 5086 provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most other areas. While family care is common, overall volunteering is much lower than in most other places. This suggests a community where people focus heavily on home and family responsibilities over broader community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the South Australian average and has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.6% of people providing this care. Meanwhile, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are slightly less common than in most areas.
11.5% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
About 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.5%
Lower than 62% 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 5086, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5086/5086-sa/topic/community