18.9% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5343, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5343, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in postcode 5343 volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, the area still sees more people giving their time to community causes than the typical Australian.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the South Australian rate of 17.0%, though this is 3.0 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.2%, but providing other types of unpaid care is higher than most places at 13.6%. Meanwhile, 21.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the state figure.
13.6% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of the population having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 72% 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 5343, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5343/5343-sa/topic/community