14.6% ▲ +47.2%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
5734, SA · Postcode
Community Participation in 5734, SA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of unpaid care and housework define daily life for many in postcode 5734. While volunteering has grown over the last decade, the area has far fewer people providing unpaid support at home compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen 4.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 14.6%. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 6.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far below the national figure of 20.7%, and the proportion of people caring for children is also well below the state average at 18.8%.
9.4% ▲ +76.6%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.3% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 South Australian rate 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 5734, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5734/5734-sa/topic/community