7.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cross Roads · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cross Roads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Cross Roads spend their spare time on community work or care compared to most other areas. Only 7.8% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a place where a smaller proportion of the population is engaged in unpaid service and care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 7.8% of people helping out. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 17.8%. General unpaid care is also lower than most areas at 11.6%.
11.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure 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 Cross Roads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40328/cross-roads/topic/community