23.2% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Middleton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Middleton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back is a common part of daily life in Middleton, where 23.2% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more common here than in most areas, with 26.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and slightly more people here provide unpaid care or look after children compared to the rest of the country.
14.8% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 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.
A higher proportion of people in Middleton have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of residents having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40870/middleton/topic/community