18.6% ▼ -43.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Concordia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Concordia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 38.8% of people in Concordia spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. This level of home-based work is among the highest for similar areas and marks the place as one where unpaid domestic and community contributions are very common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the South Australian rate and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people providing care and 25.6% looking after children unpaid. This is consistent with state and national figures for childcare, but the high rate of housework is far above the typical Australian experience.
14.7% ▼ -37.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.8% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 38.8%
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 very common in Concordia, where 9.3% of people have served. This is well above the South Australian figure of 3.2% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
9.3%
Higher than 94% 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 Concordia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40292/concordia/topic/community