16.7% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
Far more people do heavy housework in Enfield than in most other areas, with 31.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. This is a community where people contribute significantly through unpaid work and service. High rates of childcare and housework define the local rhythm, alongside a strong tradition of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This puts Enfield a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here; 33.8% of people look after children, which is well above the national and state figure of 26.3%. This high level of family care goes alongside 13.9% of residents providing other types of unpaid care, a result higher than most areas.
13.9% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.8%, this is a little above both the Victorian (2.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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/SAL20872/enfield/topic/community