28.3% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heathfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Heathfield give their time to volunteering, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the way residents support each other through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.3% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are more likely than most to provide unpaid support. This includes 28.8% caring for children and 26.2% doing at least 15 hours of housework, both of which are well above the South Australian and national figures.
14.1% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 more common in Heathfield than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Heathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40580/heathfield/topic/community