32.6% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grass Patch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grass Patch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly one in three people in Grass Patch volunteer, a rate far above both the state and national figures. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents contribute significantly to unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.6% of people helping out, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 32.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Additionally, 30.4% care for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average.
13.0% ▲ +71.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 32.6%
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 state and national figures.
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 Grass Patch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50577/grass-patch/topic/community