14.9% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Underdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Underdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 15% of people in Underdale spend their spare time volunteering, which is lower than in most similar areas. This reflects a general trend across the community where levels of unpaid care and service are typically lower than the state figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.9% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, though it is about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in other areas. While 24.9% of people care for children unpaid, only 11.6% provide other unpaid care and 17.9% do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well below the state figure of 21.5%.
11.6% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with only 1.5% of people having served. This is a little below both the South Australian figure of 3.2% and the national average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Underdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41488/underdale/topic/community