41.9% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fox · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fox
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty-two percent of people in Fox volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care for children and serve in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.9% of people helping out. This is far above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well above the national figure at 30.2%, and 27.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. However, only 9.3% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most places, with 9.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 3.2% for South Australia and the 2.8% national average.
9.8%
Higher than 95% 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 Fox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40458/fox/topic/community