13.7% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Evanston Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Evanston Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than twice the national rate of Defence Force veterans live in Evanston Park, though local volunteering is low. While 5.8% of the population has served in the military, only 13.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.7% of people here volunteer, a rate that is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing support and 28.5% caring for children, both of which are higher than most areas.
13.8% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 striking 5.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40423/evanston-park/topic/community