19.3% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Firle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Firle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines the community in Firle. While 19.3% of residents volunteer, other forms of community contribution like unpaid care and defence service track closer to state levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer in Firle, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and a little above South Australia's 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.2% of residents providing care, which is a little above the national figure. About 26.7% care for children unpaid, while the 19.7% who do 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
14.2% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 less common in Firle than in most areas, with only 2.0% of people having served, a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Firle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40438/firle/topic/community