12.0% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lewiston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lewiston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates mark the community profile of Lewiston, where only 12% of residents give their time to others. While a few people step up to volunteer, a high number of residents are heavily involved in unpaid care and home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Lewiston, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen in caregiving too, as 29.1% care for children unpaid, which is a little above the Australian average.
14.6% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 4.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Lewiston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40760/lewiston/topic/community