18.8% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher proportion of people in Ashford volunteer compared to the national average. This community is notably active, with 18.8% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and slightly higher than the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.0% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure higher than most areas—the proportion of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.9%) and those providing other unpaid care (8.9%) are both well below the national average.
8.9% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▲ +41.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 2.6% of people having served in the forces, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Ashford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40046/ashford/topic/community