9.9% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flinders · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flinders
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people provide unpaid childcare in Flinders, with 33.6% of residents caring for children without pay. This is well above the national figure and the state average. Other forms of community contribution are less common here, particularly formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Beyond childcare, 23.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a little above the national figure. Unpaid care for others is more typical, with 12.6% of people providing this support.
12.6% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11537/flinders/topic/community