21.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Back Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Back Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of volunteering and unpaid support has grown in Back Valley since 2011. This is a place where community contribution is very high, with 21.9% of people volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Back Valley, where 35.9% of people care for children and 19.5% provide other unpaid care. This is much higher than most areas, including 31.3% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure.
19.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national levels.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Back Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40057/back-valley/topic/community