10.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenacres · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenacres
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities define community life in Greenacres, where a very high proportion of people provide unpaid childcare. While only 10.5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure, a striking 34.1% are dedicated to caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian average of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common, with 34.1% of residents doing so, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 9.6% provide other types of unpaid care, a rate well below the state average.
9.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Greenacres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40534/greenacres/topic/community