23.3% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lobethal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lobethal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of residents in Lobethal volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community that is highly active in unpaid work and supporting others. Local participation in volunteering and housework is significantly higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and far higher than the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Lobethal do unpaid work at home than in most areas, including 27.3% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while 28.9% provide unpaid childcare.
12.8% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.4%, this is about the same as the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Lobethal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40771/lobethal/topic/community