13.0% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northern Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Northern Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Northern Heights has seen some shifts, though it remains a place where many provide unpaid support. While only 13% of people volunteer, a high proportion of the population helps others through unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with only 13% of residents pitching in, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 16.5% of people provide unpaid care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is alongside a higher-than-average 25.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework, though the 19.3% who care for children unpaid is much lower than in most areas.
16.5% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Northern Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41049/northern-heights/topic/community