23.5% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Houghton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Houghton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Houghton has remained strong, with volunteering rates staying well above national levels. About 23.5% of the population give their time to volunteer, which is much higher than the figures for the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people volunteer here, a figure that is well above both the South Australian average of 17.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do a significant amount of unpaid work here than in most areas, with 28.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while the 14.5% of people providing unpaid care is a little above the Australian average.
14.5% ▲ +62.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 3.4%, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Houghton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40611/houghton/topic/community