17.6% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5345, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5345, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in postcode 5345 involves a high level of unpaid support and community effort. While volunteering has dipped recently, the area still sees more people giving their time to others than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. However, this level of community work has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.4% of people providing support—a figure much higher than most areas. While those doing heavy housework are slightly more common than in the rest of the state, the share of people caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.4% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 number of residents than usual have served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of the population having been in the military.
3.7%
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 5345, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5345/5345-sa/topic/community