22.0% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adelaide Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Adelaide Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22% of people volunteer in Adelaide Park, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and service, with many residents contributing their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 31.5% of people care for children and 28.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly; both are well above state and national levels. Around 13.2% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.2% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Adelaide Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30011/adelaide-park/topic/community