15.4% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marion · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Marion
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Marion have stepped up to volunteer since 2011, with the rate falling to 15.4%. While volunteering has dipped, the number of people providing unpaid care has risen slightly. Overall, the area shows a mix of declining community work and steady levels of family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is lower than in most similar areas, and the rate fell 2.2 percentage points since 2011. At 15.4%, it is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0% but a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 12.5% of people provide unpaid care—a figure that rose 1.0 percentage points since 2011—while those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell slightly to 20.3%.
12.5% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 people in Marion have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as both the South Australian rate of 3.2% and the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 53% 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 Marion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44060/marion/topic/community