7.3% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dry Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dry Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people spend their spare time on unpaid work and volunteering in Dry Creek than in most other areas. Only 7.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This pattern extends to home life, where unpaid care and housework are much less common than across South Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low in Dry Creek, with only 7.3% of people taking part. This is well below the 14.1% national average and the 17.0% figure for South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid home work is uncommon here; only 11.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and just 15.0% care for children unpaid. Both figures are far below the state and national averages.
11.7% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.2% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Dry Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40373/dry-creek/topic/community