8.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anna Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Anna Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Anna Creek engage in unpaid work or volunteering compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a sparsely populated area where community participation rates are among the lowest recorded.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 8.8% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is rare in Anna Creek, with only 4.1% of people providing unpaid care and 2.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far below the state and national figures. Similarly, the 14.6% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
4.1% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Anna Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40032/anna-creek/topic/community