29.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Frances · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Frances
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering set Frances apart from most similar areas. About 29% of residents give their time to volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 29% of people in Frances volunteer, a figure that is far above both the South Australian (17%) and national (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29% of residents provide unpaid childcare—slightly above the national figure—only 7.2% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national rate of 11.9%. Very few people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework compared to most areas.
7.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 7.4% of the population, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Frances [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40460/frances/topic/community