44.9% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grace Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grace Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 45% of people in Grace Plains volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of local participation, though few residents provide unpaid care or have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 44.9% of residents volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% recorded across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—similar to the state and national figures—no one in the area reports providing other forms of unpaid care. Meanwhile, 20.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is lower than most areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
No one in Grace Plains has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Grace Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40528/grace-plains/topic/community