9.7% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5164, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5164, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and caring for children in postcode 5164 than they were a decade ago. While 13.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, volunteering has dropped significantly to just 9.7%. This means the area now has some of the lowest rates of community volunteering across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people volunteer here, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a drop of 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid has fallen to 22.7%, which is well below the national figure. However, 13.9% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, a rate slightly above the Australian average.
13.9% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 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 2.9% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia overall.
2.9%
Higher than 50% 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 5164, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5164/5164-sa/topic/community