23.6% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loxton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Loxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering rates in Loxton have fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011, yet they remain very high. Roughly 23.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a community that still gives a lot of its time to others despite the downward trend.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This is well above both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.5% of people providing care and 23.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are higher than most areas. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid sit at 25.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.5% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.8% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Loxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407031162/loxton/topic/community