12.8% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Archerfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Archerfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen in Archerfield, which now sees fewer people giving their time to community groups than most other areas. Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little below the national and state averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.8% of the community volunteers, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 19.7%, though the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is about the same as the state and national averages.
11.0% ▲ +53.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Around 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Archerfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30081/archerfield/topic/community