20.5% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pasadena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pasadena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Pasadena than in most similar areas. About 20.5% of residents give their time to others, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This strong community spirit is a standout feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of people helping out. This is well above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and far higher than the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state average at 23.4%. However, 23.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.5% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Pasadena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41120/pasadena/topic/community