21.7% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Red Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Red Creek than in most other parts of the country. Around 21.7% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a strong local commitment to community activity and unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.7% of people helping out, a figure well above the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of people provide unpaid care and 26.7% care for children—both figures around the state average—nearly 30% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 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.
About 2.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Red Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41239/red-creek/topic/community