14.0% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5700, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5700, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have taken up unpaid roles in postcode 5700 since 2011. While 14% of residents volunteer, the area sees lower rates of unpaid childcare and housework than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a drop of 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 23% of people caring for children and 19.4% doing heavy housework. While both these figures fell since 2011, the share of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly to 11.8%.
11.8% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Roughly 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the South Australian and national averages.
2.6%
Lower than 58% 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 5700, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5700/5700-sa/topic/community