14.1% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roxby Downs · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Roxby Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high 34.7% of people provide unpaid childcare in Roxby Downs, which is well above the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community support are less frequent here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen significantly since 2011, with 14.1% of people now helping out. This is a little below the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for others is very uncommon here, at just 5.0%, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Around 18.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure slightly below the state average.
5.0% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 2.0% of the population, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
2.0%
Lower than 78% 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 Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46970/roxby-downs/topic/community