10.0% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Enfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over one fifth of residents in Enfield provide unpaid childcare, which is a much lower figure than the national average. Community involvement is generally low here, with few people volunteering or serving in the military. These trends suggest a local population less active in unpaid community and care roles than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of people in Enfield volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common here than elsewhere, with 20.4% of people providing this care compared to 26.3% nationally. Meanwhile, about 12.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is around the middle for similar areas.
12.6% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in the area, with only 0.7% of people having served. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and lower than most other areas.
0.7%
Lower than 69% 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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11424/enfield/topic/community