18.8% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Medindie Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Medindie Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Medindie Gardens take on unpaid care roles, with 35.9% looking after children. This community is more active in providing support than most, reflecting a strong trend of local residents stepping up for family and others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and slightly higher than the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.9% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 16.0% of residents who provide some form of unpaid care.
16.0% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
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.
Only 1.4% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Medindie Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40855/medindie-gardens/topic/community