36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leighton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leighton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Leighton volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community service in the region. This high level of engagement is mirrored in the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.4% of people giving their time. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home duties are a major part of life in Leighton, as 42.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, and 33.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, though no one here provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 42.4%
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.
Very few people in this area have served in the Defence Force, at 0.0%. This is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Leighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40758/leighton/topic/community