14.7% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Modbury Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Modbury Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and defence service set Modbury Heights apart from most similar areas. While volunteering is about the same as the national figure, the community is notably active in looking after children and former service members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas and slightly below the South Australian figure. This is a small drop from 16.3% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in this area, with 30.7% of people caring for children—a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with other high care rates, including 13.7% providing general unpaid care and 23% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
13.7% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 much higher proportion of residents than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of the population being veterans.
3.8%
Higher than 74% 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 Modbury Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402051053/modbury-heights/topic/community