20.6% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Norwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 6.5 percentage points separates the volunteer rate in Norwood from the national figure. This area is highly active in community work, though residents are far less likely to be juggling unpaid childcare or housework than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care duties are less common than in most areas. Only 21.6% of people care for children unpaid, and 17.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below state figures. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
12.5% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 2.8% of people in Norwood have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as both the South Australian and national figures.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41053/norwood/topic/community