16.2% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Prospect
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Prospect provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most other areas. This local trend stands out in a community where other forms of participation, like volunteering and defence service, mostly follow state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer their time. This is around the middle for its level and is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common here at 27.5%, which is a little above the South Australian average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than most areas.
13.2% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as both the South Australian and national figures.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41220/prospect/topic/community