13.5% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surrey Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Surrey Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Surrey Downs stands out for having a much higher proportion of people providing unpaid childcare than most similar areas. While many residents are busy with family care, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.5% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A striking 32.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.7% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.7% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Surrey Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41410/surrey-downs/topic/community