19.1% ▼ -50.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Price · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Price
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Price spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a community where a large proportion of residents take on significant domestic responsibilities. Other striking features include a high rate of former defence force members and a strong volunteering spirit.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of people pitching in. This is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.2% of residents do significant unpaid housework, only 9.6% provide unpaid care and 14.6% care for children. These last two figures are both much lower than in most other areas.
9.6% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% ▼ -48.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 very common in Price, where 7.1% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41218/price/topic/community