31.3% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Light Pass · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Light Pass
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Light Pass have remained strikingly high, with 31.3% of residents giving their time to others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. It shows a community where a third of the population is active in unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.3% of people volunteer here, which is much higher than most areas and far above the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 27.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care for others sit at 11.7%, which is lower than most areas.
11.7% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Light Pass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40761/light-pass/topic/community