13.0% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Christies Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Christies Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Christies Beach involves a high level of care for others, though fewer people spend their spare time volunteering. Only 13% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is lower than in most areas, with 13% of people helping out. This is a decline from 2011, when 15.6% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, rising to 13.6% since 2011. Meanwhile, 26.4% of people provide unpaid childcare and 20.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are about the same as the national figures.
13.6% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 areas, with 3.4% of the population having served.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Christies Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403041074/christies-beach/topic/community