23.3% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loxton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Loxton, where volunteering is far more common than in most other areas. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to others, reaching a rate well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of people in Loxton volunteer, which is well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for this area, with 13.4% of people providing care and 23.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures slightly above the national average.
13.4% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of residents having served.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Loxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40789/loxton/topic/community