29.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenhill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenhill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Greenhill volunteer, showing a strong commitment to community activities. This high level of engagement is matched by a significant number of residents who provide unpaid care for children within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas. Around 29.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is high here, with 30.3% of people providing this care, well above the Australian average of 26.3%. While 24.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 11.8% who provide other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.8% ▲ +57.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 seen in 2.7% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Greenhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40535/greenhill/topic/community