13.2% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Enfield · State Electorate
Community Participation in Enfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and doing unpaid work in Enfield than they were ten years ago. While 27.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the proportion of people volunteering has dropped sharply from 21.2% in 2011 to 13.2% today.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.2% of people in Enfield volunteer, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%. This represents a significant drop of 8.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, at 27.6%, which is a little above the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas, at 18.4%.
11.4% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 2.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
2.5%
Lower than 61% of state electorate 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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40013/enfield/topic/community