23.5% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Urrbrae · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Urrbrae
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in four people in Urrbrae volunteer their time, which is far higher than the national average. This community is marked by a strong tendency to help out and care for others, both through formal volunteering and unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.5% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above both the South Australian average of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 28.9% of people caring for children unpaid and 25.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above the state and national figures. However, 11.7% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.7% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of residents having served, slightly above the 2.8% national figure.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Urrbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41497/urrbrae/topic/community