9.7% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Christie Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Christie Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people spend their spare time volunteering in Christie Downs than in most other areas. Only 9.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This suggests a community where fewer people take on formal unpaid roles compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people in Christie Downs volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people here care for children unpaid (22.7%) compared to most areas, a higher than usual 13.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. About 20.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is slightly lower than the state average.
13.9% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 common here, with 2.9% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national and state averages.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Christie Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40256/christie-downs/topic/community