17.2% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collinswood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Collinswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.2% of people in Collinswood volunteer their time. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and service, particularly when it comes to looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are about the same as the South Australian average, but they sit well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 28.8% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is a little above both state and national levels. Other unpaid work is less common, with 12.3% providing general care and 20.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, the latter being lower than most areas.
12.3% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the levels seen across South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Collinswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40285/collinswood/topic/community