18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stanley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Stanley provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a community with a high level of family-based support and a strong tendency to help others through volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 36.4% of people caring for children, a rate far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Another 13.6% provide general unpaid care, while 22.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Stanley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41376/stanley/topic/community