17.3% ▼ -35.7%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grant · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Grant
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have stepped up to volunteer or provide unpaid child care in Grant since 2011. While 17.3% of residents still volunteer—a figure well above the national average—this represents a drop of 9.6 percentage points over the decade. The community remains active in other ways, but the trend across different types of unpaid work is generally downward.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Grant are higher than in most similar areas, with 17.3% of people pitching in. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, though it is about the same as the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care fell to 24.9% since 2011, which is a little below the national figure. Meanwhile, 22.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a rate higher than most areas.
10.7% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 people in Grant have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.2%, the local figure is about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Grant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407021150/grant/topic/community