17.2% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Light · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Light
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lower Light has remained steady over the last decade. About 17.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This shows a strong local commitment to helping others despite a small population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are around the middle for similar areas, sitting at 17.2%. This is about the same as the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, with 14.2% of residents helping out. This is a little above the national figure of 11.9%. Around 26% of people also provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as across Australia.
14.2% ▲ +58.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Only 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Lower Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40787/lower-light/topic/community