14.0% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sellicks Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sellicks Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Sellicks Beach provide unpaid child care, which is higher than most similar areas. This community shows a strong trend of caring for others at home, while volunteering rates are lower than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 14.0% of people helping out. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a common part of life here, with 14.4% of people providing care and 23.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This includes 29.3% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure a little above both the state and national averages.
14.4% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
A higher share of people in Sellicks Beach have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.6%, this is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Sellicks Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41327/sellicks-beach/topic/community