14.9% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redwood Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redwood Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Redwood Park provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While fewer people volunteer here than in most areas, there is a strong presence of residents providing unpaid care and support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents are volunteers, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care and 23.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is higher than the national figures, particularly for childcare, where Redwood Park is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.1% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
A higher share of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.5% of residents having served.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Redwood Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41242/redwood-park/topic/community