16.2% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burdett · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burdett
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most similar areas, Burdett is a place where a large proportion of residents take on unpaid work at home. This is most striking in the high rates of unpaid childcare and housework, which far exceed both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for its level and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 33.5% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework—far above the 20.7% national figure. This trend is consistent with the 32.4% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the Australian average.
14.0% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.5% ▲ +110.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.5%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Burdett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40190/burdett/topic/community