16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenways · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenways
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Greenways do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework every week. This is a remarkably high figure for the area, sitting far above both the state and national averages. While other forms of community contribution are more typical, the scale of unpaid domestic work here is the standout story.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people volunteer their time, which is similar to the South Australian rate of 17.0% and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very common here, with 36.7% of people providing unpaid childcare—far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. This aligns with the high rate of domestic work, though the 13.3% who provide other types of unpaid care is only slightly above the national average.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian average 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 Greenways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40537/greenways/topic/community