6.5% ▲ —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greys Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greys Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of residents in Greys Plain provide unpaid care, a figure far above the national average. This high level of caring work defines the community's participation, even though other forms of volunteering are uncommon here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.5% of people volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here; 39.8% of people give care, and 61.1% care for children unpaid, both far above the Australian average. Additionally, 25% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
39.8% ▲ +223.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
61.1% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▲ +59.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 national figure of 2.8%.
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 Greys Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50591/greys-plain/topic/community