13.4% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ascot Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ascot Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care make Ascot Park stand out compared to most similar areas. Only 13.4% of residents volunteer, and a small proportion of the population provides unpaid support to others. This trend is seen across childcare, housework, and general caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people in Ascot Park volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and slightly under the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas. Only 10.8% of people provide unpaid care, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.4%) and those caring for children (21.8%) are both well below state and national figures.
10.8% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 little fewer people have served in the Defence Force here than in the rest of the country. At 1.8%, the figure is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Ascot Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40044/ascot-park/topic/community