14.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Matta Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Matta Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid home and childcare set Matta Flat apart from most other similar areas. While many residents spend significant time on domestic duties, a small number of people here have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Domestic duties are common here, with 34.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 31.3% caring for children unpaid, both figures being well above the national average. Conversely, the 4.5% who provide other unpaid care is among the lowest for this level.
4.5% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.3%
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 area 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 Matta Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40842/matta-flat/topic/community