52.7% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Salisbury Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Salisbury Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 52.7% of people in Salisbury Plains volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of involvement stands out against the national figure, though other forms of unpaid care and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than half of residents volunteer here, a figure that is far above the 14.1% national average and among the highest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children is well below the New South Wales figure at 16.4%, more people do heavy housework and general unpaid care than in most other areas.
14.5% ▲ +44.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Salisbury Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13480/salisbury-plains/topic/community