13.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reids Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reids Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Reids Flat is marked by a strong focus on home duties, with 27.9% of people spending 15 hours or more each week on housework. This is well above the national figure. While many residents manage the home, fewer people here provide unpaid care for others compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people in Reids Flat volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, though this is much lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the state average, only 4.4% provide other unpaid care—a figure well below both the state and national levels.
4.4% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 here have served in the Defence Force than in most other similar areas, with 3.9% of the population having served.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Reids Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13360/reids-flat/topic/community