26.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Second Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Second Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Second Valley than in the rest of the country. About 26% of residents give their time to community work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17%. This creates a strong pattern of local involvement across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26% of people helping out, a rate far above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, about 34.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. Conversely, the 15.1% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the South Australian rate of 26.5%.
12.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 34.2%
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.
The proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is 4.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the state figure.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Second Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41323/second-valley/topic/community