12.1% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Salisbury East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Salisbury East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Salisbury East than in most similar areas, though formal volunteering is less common. While 14.4% of residents provide unpaid care, only 12.1% of the community volunteers, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people in Salisbury East volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This level of community involvement has dropped by 1.7 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 care and 28.0% looking after children, both of which are higher than the national figures. Meanwhile, 20.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as across Australia.
14.4% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
3.3%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Salisbury East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041047/salisbury-east/topic/community