22.7% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biggs Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biggs Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving has grown in Biggs Flat, with volunteering and unpaid care now far more common than in other areas. This community is particularly active, with 22.7% of residents volunteering—a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of people helping out. This is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle a lot of unpaid work, with 30.3% caring for children and 27.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the state average. However, the 6.1% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
6.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in similar areas, with 6.3% of people having served, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Biggs Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40105/biggs-flat/topic/community