16.7% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Halifax · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Halifax
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most similar areas, 4.3% of people in Halifax have served in the Defence Force. This community shows a strong tendency toward helping others, with more residents providing unpaid care than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national and state figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.1% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas. However, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are well above the national average at 24.6%.
14.1% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
The 4.3% of residents who served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Halifax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31286/halifax/topic/community