8.1% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elizabeth East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elizabeth East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 8.1% of people volunteer in Elizabeth East, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This gap highlights a low level of community participation compared to both the state and the rest of the country. Other forms of unpaid work and service are more common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this size, with only 8.1% of people pitching in, far lower than the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 23.1%, and housework is also much lower than most areas. However, 13.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
Defence service is steady, with 3.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40399/elizabeth-east/topic/community