22.2% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Finniss · State Electorate
Community Participation in Finniss
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 22% of people in Finniss volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area one of the most active for volunteering at this level, although the number has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people helping out, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 30.8% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life here, as 15.4% of people provide care and 27.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, the 20.4% of people caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.4% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
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 little more than 5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
5.2%
Higher than 89% of state electorate 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 Finniss [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40014/finniss/topic/community