46.2% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Green Patch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Green Patch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Green Patch volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This creates a highly active community where local participation is much more common than in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 46.2% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the state average—no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care. Additionally, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly is much lower than most areas at 15.4%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 8.9% of the population having served, which is well above the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
8.9%
Higher than 93% 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 Green Patch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40533/green-patch/topic/community