22.1% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Plantations
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 22% of people in South Plantations volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where other forms of unpaid care are less common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.1% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the state average—other unpaid work is rare. Only 5% provide general unpaid care and 15.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below national figures.
5.0% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
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 South Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51382/south-plantations/topic/community