18.8% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Joslin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Joslin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Joslin sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though it has a notably high rate of volunteers. Nearly 19% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a strong local culture of contributing to the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people in Joslin volunteer, a figure that is a little above the South Australian average and well above the Australian total.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.1% of people providing care, which is well above the national average. Meanwhile, 25.6% of residents care for children unpaid, a rate about the same as the state and national figures.
15.1% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 around the middle for similar areas, with 2.6% of the population having served, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Joslin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40642/joslin/topic/community