41.9% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cradock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cradock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Cradock has remained remarkably high, with 41.9% of people volunteering. This makes it one of the most active areas for volunteering in the region, far exceeding the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.9% of residents giving their time. This is far above both the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children unpaid is much more common than in most areas, at 32.3%. While 22.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, there are no residents providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 in Cradock, where 8.8% of people have served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8% and the state average of 3.2%.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Cradock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40321/cradock/topic/community