10.8% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Croydon Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Croydon Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.8% of residents in Croydon Park volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This community sees lower rates of unpaid work and care across the board compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of volunteers is much lower than most areas, sitting at 10.8%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in other areas. This includes people caring for children (22.2%), those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.1%), and those providing unpaid care (10.3%), all of which are well below state and national levels.
10.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.5%
Lower than 64% 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 Croydon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40330/croydon-park/topic/community