12.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reid · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reid
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 43.1% of people in Reid provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above both the state and national averages. While family care is very common here, other forms of community contribution are less frequent, with volunteering rates well below the state figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Beyond the high rate of childcare, 13.2% of people provide general unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 20.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a rate slightly below the state average.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.1% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
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 Reid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41246/reid/topic/community