24.3% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
College Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in College Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in College Park, where residents are far more likely to volunteer than people elsewhere. About 24.3% of the community give their time to causes, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people here volunteer, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common in the area, with 31.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a higher rate of unpaid care overall, while 23.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.2% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
About 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as both the South Australian and national figures.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 College Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40281/college-park/topic/community