19.2% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bedford Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bedford Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care in Bedford Park compared to most other areas. While 19.2% of residents volunteer—a figure well above the national average—rates of unpaid childcare and housework are significantly lower than across South Australia and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of people here volunteer their time, which is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 13.6% of people caring for children and 8.3% providing other unpaid care. Similarly, only 12.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.3% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Bedford Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40087/bedford-park/topic/community