27.4% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crafers · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crafers
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 27.4% of people in Crafers volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, where residents are much more likely to help out others and provide unpaid care compared to most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.4% of residents helping out. This is far above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 35.0% caring for children and 27.0% doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. Those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 13.4%, which is about the same as the state average.
13.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Crafers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40322/crafers/topic/community