39.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fords · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fords
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Across Fords, unpaid child care is among the highest in the country and volunteering is among the highest in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
39.0% of people in Fords volunteer — among the highest in the country (above both the South Australia average of 17.0% and the national 14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
15.3% of people in Fords provide unpaid care to others — above average (above both the South Australia average of 13.1% and the national 11.9%). 45.8% of people in Fords look after children without pay, among the highest in the country (above both the South Australia average of 26.5% and the national 26.3%). 22.0% of people in Fords do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, below average (above both the South Australia average of 21.5% and the national 20.7%).
15.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
6.3% of people in Fords have served in the Defence Force — well above average (above both the South Australia average of 3.2% and the national 2.8%).
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Fords [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40451/fords/topic/community