18.8% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Vale Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Vale Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Vale Park give their time as volunteers, showing a strong commitment to community activities. This high level of participation is reflected in a population that is more likely to volunteer than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 26.6% of people caring for children and 13.6% providing other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as state and national levels. Additionally, 23.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the national figure.
13.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 higher share of people in Vale Park have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served.
3.4%
Higher 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 Vale Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41499/vale-park/topic/community