12.1% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stirling North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stirling North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.7% of people in Stirling North provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a broader trend in the area where residents are less likely to engage in unpaid care, housework, or volunteering compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with 12.1% of people helping out, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is low across the board; only 8.7% of residents provide unpaid care, while 19.2% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are much lower than most areas. Meanwhile, 23.7% of people care for children unpaid, which is around the middle for its level.
8.7% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.8%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian figure 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 Stirling North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41385/stirling-north/topic/community