41.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Black Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Black Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge proportion of people in Black Springs dedicate their spare time to others, with 41.5% of residents volunteering. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure and suggests a place where neighbors rely heavily on one another for support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.5% of people helping out. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of daily life, as 36.6% of people care for children and 31.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are far above the state and national averages, while 14.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
14.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
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, which is well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
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 Black Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40115/black-springs/topic/community