14.3% —
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5715, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5715, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of the people in postcode 5715 provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While childcare is common, other forms of community work and service are much less frequent here. This creates a unique local profile where family care dominates over traditional volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the South Australian figure and represents a 5.7 percentage point drop since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is very common, with 52.4% of people caring for children unpaid, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell sharply to 14.3% since 2016. Meanwhile, general unpaid care rose to 14.3%, which is a little above the national figure.
14.3% —
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
52.4% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state figure of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 5715, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5715/5715-sa/topic/community