9.7% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Huntfield Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Huntfield Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 9.7% of people in Huntfield Heights volunteer, a figure well below both the state and national averages. While community volunteering is low, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with the 9.7% rate sitting well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 29.5% of people caring for children, which is well above the national average of 26.3%. Around 14.0% of residents provide other unpaid care, a figure higher than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Huntfield Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40616/huntfield-heights/topic/community