24.0% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bradbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bradbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of community involvement defines Bradbury, where volunteering is far more common than in the state or national average. Nearly one in four residents give their time to others, and a large portion of the population provides unpaid support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24% of people here volunteer, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Bradbury, with 32.7% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the 20.7% national figure. This trend extends to other roles, as 15.3% provide unpaid care and 28% care for children unpaid, both of which are higher than in most other areas.
15.3% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 32.7%
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, a figure well below the South Australian average 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 Bradbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40151/bradbury/topic/community