9.0% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elizabeth Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elizabeth Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One quarter of people in Elizabeth Downs provide unpaid child care, making this the most common form of community support in the area. While many residents help out at home, very few engage in formal volunteering compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.0% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.4% of people providing a helping hand, which is a little above the Australian figure of 11.9%. Around 25.4% of people care for children unpaid, while 20.1% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
14.4% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Elizabeth Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40398/elizabeth-downs/topic/community