11.9% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Evanston Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Evanston Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Evanston Gardens than in most similar areas, though many more residents provide unpaid childcare. Only 11.9% of the community volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are much lower than most areas. At 11.9%, the figure is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 33.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is a much higher rate than most areas, while 12.7% of people provide other forms of unpaid care.
12.7% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.9% of the population have served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Evanston Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40422/evanston-gardens/topic/community