22.3% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redbanks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redbanks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Redbanks volunteer their time, reflecting a community with very high levels of active participation. This spirit of helping others extends to the home, where unpaid care for family members is much more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a standout feature here, with 22.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 19.1% of people helping out, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 28.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, only 18.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is a little below the state average.
19.1% ▲ +53.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -35.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 much more common here than in most areas. About 6.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Redbanks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41240/redbanks/topic/community