27.2% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Golden Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Golden Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Golden Heights volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where people are much more likely to give their time compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.2% of people here volunteer, which is far above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is around 26.8%, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the state and national levels.
10.8% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% of residents having served.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Golden Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40517/golden-heights/topic/community