20.6% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Royston Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Royston Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Royston Park provide unpaid child care, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high level of family support is matched by a strong spirit of giving, with volunteers making up a larger share of the population than in the state or nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the South Australian average of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here; 15.4% of people give such support, which is well above the Australian average. This is driven by the 31.7% of residents who care for children unpaid, a rate much higher than most areas.
15.4% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Royston Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41283/royston-park/topic/community