30.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hope Forest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hope Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Hope Forest compared to the rest of the country. This community is highly active, with 30.2% of residents giving their time to others, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This level of involvement is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are common here, with 35.3% of people caring for children unpaid and 33.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both far above the national figures. However, providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 8.6%.
8.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 33.6%
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 Force service is around the middle for similar areas, with 2.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia and 2.8% nationally.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Hope Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40605/hope-forest/topic/community