23.9% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Unley Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Unley Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Unley Park volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people than usual provide unpaid care, with 13.9% helping others and 28.7% caring for children. About 24.4% spend 15 hours or more on unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
13.9% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 2.6%, which is about the same as both South Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Unley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41491/unley-park/topic/community