7.9% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smithfield Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smithfield Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents volunteer in Smithfield Plains, with only 7.9% doing so. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas. While community volunteering is low, many residents are active in unpaid family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.9% of people here volunteer, which is well below both the state average of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 27.8% of people caring for children, a figure slightly above the national average. Meanwhile, 13.3% provide general unpaid care, while the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Smithfield Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41347/smithfield-plains/topic/community