20.5% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sheffield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sheffield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of life in Sheffield, where 20.5% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas. Residents here are more likely to support their community and care for others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and far higher than the rest of Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.1% of people provide unpaid care—a rate well above the national figure—far fewer residents look after children unpaid compared to most other areas, at just 19.9%. Around 23.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
15.1% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 4.7% of residents having served.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Sheffield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60599/sheffield/topic/community