18.6% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sellicks Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sellicks Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Sellicks Hill are now involved in unpaid work and community support than in previous years. Around 18.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This trend shows a community that is active in providing support both formally and informally.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of people volunteer, which is a little above the South Australian average and puts the area around the middle for similar places.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of residents provide unpaid support, with 16.3% caring for others and 32.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. This happens despite the fact that people caring for children unpaid (22.7%) are well below the state and national averages.
16.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.2% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.2%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41328/sellicks-hill/topic/community