23.3% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forreston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Forreston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Forreston give their time to others compared to the national average. Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, and there are high rates of unpaid care and housework across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.3% of people helping out, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life for many, as 19.6% provide unpaid care—well above the 11.9% national figure. This is seen in the 30.0% of people caring for children unpaid and the 28.5% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
19.6% ▲ +41.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 4.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Forreston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40454/forreston/topic/community