23.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leasingham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leasingham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Leasingham give their time to others than in most similar areas. About 23.5% of residents volunteer, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This strong spirit of contribution is seen across volunteering, unpaid care, and former military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.5% of people helping out. This is well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% recorded for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 16.3% of people providing care and 28.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, the 24.5% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas. About 7.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 3.2% for South Australia and 2.8% for Australia.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Leasingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40754/leasingham/topic/community