14.4% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plympton Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Plympton Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have stayed mostly steady in Plympton Park since 2011. It is a place where about 14.4% of residents give their time to others, which is roughly the same as the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the South Australian rate of 17.0% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 26.2%, sitting right around the national and state figures. However, only 18.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most other areas.
12.0% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Around 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state average and about the same as the national level.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Plympton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41168/plympton-park/topic/community