17.4% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Highbury than in most similar areas. This is a community where 30.9% of residents look after children without pay, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are around the middle for similar areas, with 17.4% of people helping out. This is about the same as the South Australian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care, which is higher than most areas. This includes 24.2% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework a week, a figure well above the Australian average.
14.3% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 typical for the region, with 2.9% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Highbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40587/highbury/topic/community