8.8% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smithfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Smithfield (SA) has seen a shift since 2011, with current data showing a low rate of volunteering. Only 8.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 8.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and well below the South Australian average of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.4% of residents provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas at 19.6%. About 25.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of the state.
14.4% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41346/smithfield/topic/community