10.1% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maralinga Tjarutja · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Maralinga Tjarutja
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people provide unpaid care in Maralinga Tjarutja than in previous years. The number of people caring for children unpaid fell by 25 points since 2011, and only 10.1% of the community now volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering levels have barely changed since 2011 and sit at 10.1%. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Just 5.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 22.8% care for children unpaid, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.6% ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -51.9%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.1% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
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.
Defence service is among the lowest in the country, with 0.0% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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 Maralinga Tjarutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44000/maralinga-tjarutja/topic/community