17.8% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Maroota · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Maroota
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in South Maroota contribute to their community and home than in most similar areas. Nearly 18% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people giving their time, a rate well above both the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 34.0% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. A little more than a quarter of residents (27.9%) provide unpaid childcare, though the 8.0% who provide other unpaid care is well below the national average.
8.0% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality 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 South Maroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13608/south-maroota/topic/community