16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Horfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Horfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Horfield shows a contrasting mix of high community spirit and very low caregiving rates compared to other areas. While volunteering is common, the proportion of people providing unpaid care for others is among the lowest seen in similar places. This makes Horfield a unique pocket where community service is active, but home-based care is uncommon.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people in Horfield volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 5.1% of people providing care and 15.4% caring for children, both figures sitting far below the national average of around 26%. Similarly, the 16.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
5.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Horfield has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Horfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21205/horfield/topic/community