28.3% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5470, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5470, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in postcode 5470 do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a very high figure compared to the rest of the country, marking this area as one where residents contribute significant unpaid effort to their homes and community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 28.3% of people helping out, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a drop of 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average, 14.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. This is a little above the Australian figure of 11.9%.
14.2% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.4% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 39.4%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 53% 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 5470, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5470/5470-sa/topic/community