11.3% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Salisbury Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Salisbury Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much lower rate of volunteering than most similar areas defines community life in Salisbury Park. Only 11.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This gap stands out despite the area having a higher-than-average number of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people providing care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%. This occurs alongside a typical rate of 25.7% of people caring for children unpaid.
14.8% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 much more common here than in most other areas, with 4.6% of people having served, compared to 3.2% across South Australia.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Salisbury Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41293/salisbury-park/topic/community