25.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rendelsham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rendelsham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of volunteering marks Rendelsham, where 25.6% of people give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the South Australian rate of 17%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is very common here, with 37.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly—a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. This is alongside a slightly higher than usual 27.8% of people caring for children unpaid, though those providing general unpaid care are a little below the national figure at 10.6%.
10.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 37.2%
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 2.9% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Rendelsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41247/rendelsham/topic/community