21.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reeves Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reeves Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Reeves Plains volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though rates of family care and housework are generally lower than in many other areas. It also has a higher share of Defence Force veterans than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of people giving their time. This is well above both the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with 10.7% of people providing care. This is a little below the national figure of 11.9%, and those caring for children unpaid (25.0%) are also slightly below the state and national averages.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.7%, this is about the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Reeves Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41244/reeves-plains/topic/community