13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crescent · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crescent
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people do unpaid work at home in Crescent than in the rest of the state. While volunteering is lower than usual, a high number of residents spend significant time caring for others and managing their households.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.9% of people here volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 16.1% of people providing unpaid care and 32.8% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being far above the national average. About 25% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is just below the figures for the state and nation.
16.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure well below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Crescent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40326/crescent/topic/community