18.8% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of life in North Beach, where 18.8% of residents volunteer. This is well above the national figure. While few people here provide unpaid care for children, a higher than usual number of residents spend significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is fairly common here, with 18.8% of people helping out. This is a little above the South Australian rate and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 21.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below both state and national figures. In contrast, a higher than usual 25.8% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Meanwhile, 11.9% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
11.9% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
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. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
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 North Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41039/north-beach/topic/community