12.2% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
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.
Fewer people in Enfield volunteer or provide unpaid care compared to most other areas. Only 12.2% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.2% of people in Enfield volunteer, a rate that is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 25.7%, which is about the same as the national figure. However, this area is much lower than most others for people doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework (17.7%) and lower than most for those providing general unpaid care (10.4%).
10.4% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
Defence service is common in the area, with 2.6% of people having served, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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/SAL40411/enfield/topic/community