16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Magdala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Magdala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty per cent of people in Magdala do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is far above the national figure. This level of domestic work is part of a wider trend of high community contribution, with many residents providing unpaid care and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.9% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the South Australian figure and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 20% of people providing unpaid care and 33.8% caring for children, both of which are well above the state and national figures. This is consistent with 40% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a rate far above the rest of the country.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
A high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 7.8% of people having served, which is well above both the state and national figures.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Magdala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40804/magdala/topic/community