8.8% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Northfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer residents in Northfield participate in unpaid work or volunteering compared to most similar areas. Only 8.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of low community involvement extends across unpaid care and home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of people in Northfield volunteer, a figure that is well below both the South Australian average of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.2% of people providing care and 15.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 23.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.2% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Northfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41050/northfield/topic/community