16.2% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pages Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pages Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework shape daily life for people in Pages Flat. While volunteering levels are typical, the area stands out for the huge number of residents supporting children and other dependents at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.2% of people volunteer their time. This is about the same as the South Australian figure and a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are very common here, with 33.8% of people looking after children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with higher rates of other unpaid work, including 19.1% providing general care and 28.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
19.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
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: 27.7%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 higher proportion of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, at 3.7%. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Pages Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41088/pages-flat/topic/community