9.4% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Playford · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Playford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Playford are volunteering since 2011, while more are providing unpaid care. Just 9.4% of residents now volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. However, the area has a notably strong connection to the Defence Force, with 4.0% of people having served.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011 to 9.4%. This is much lower than most other areas and sits well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.8% of people provide unpaid child care, which is much higher than most areas. While unpaid housework has fallen since 2011, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care rose to 13.4%, a little above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 strong 4.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Playford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40202/playford/topic/community