68.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aldersyde · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Aldersyde
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 68.8% of people in Aldersyde volunteer their time, marking a striking level of community involvement. This high rate of participation defines the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than those in the rest of the state or country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 68.8% of residents helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 46.9% of people caring for children and 31.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national average. However, the 9.4% who provide other types of unpaid care is a little below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Aldersyde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50007/aldersyde/topic/community