13.2% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Haven · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in North Haven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer here than in most similar areas, but North Haven has a notably high number of residents who have served in the Defence Force. While some forms of community help are lower than average, a growing number of locals provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.2% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 14.4% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than the national figure, 14.1% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate that rose by 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, the proportions of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children are about the same as those across Australia.
14.1% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.7% of the population having served. This is a little above both the South Australian (3.2%) and national (2.8%) figures.
4.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 North Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404021100/north-haven/topic/community