11.9% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elizabeth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elizabeth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.9% of people in Elizabeth volunteer, a figure that is well below the South Australian average. While few residents engage in formal volunteering, the area has a higher rate of people providing unpaid care than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas. At 11.9%, the rate is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and well below South Australia's 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, sitting a little above the national figure. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework or caring for children is well below both the state and national figures.
14.4% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Elizabeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40397/elizabeth/topic/community