40.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Australia Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Australia Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 40% of residents in Australia Plains volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others. It is a place where residents contribute significant time to both formal volunteering and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 40.6% of people giving their time. This is far above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A quarter of the population provides unpaid care, which is far above the national rate of 11.9%. This includes 28.1% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure higher than most other areas.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% —
Lower than 64% 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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the state figure of 3.2% and a little below the national average 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 Australia Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40053/australia-plains/topic/community