19.3% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meadows
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Meadows provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas. This high level of family support is a key feature of the local community, where people are also more likely to volunteer than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and a little above South Australia's 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 33.6% of people caring for children and 26.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above state and national levels. This is consistent with 14.4% of residents providing some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
14.4% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 typical for the region, with 2.7% of the population having served, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40853/meadows/topic/community