17.0% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marion · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marion
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little more than 1 in 10 residents in Marion have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than in most other areas. While volunteer rates align with state levels, the area sees significantly fewer people providing unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.0% of people in Marion volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian average and slightly higher than the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a much lower rate of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than most other places. Similarly, the 22.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below both the state and national figures.
12.2% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of residents having served, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
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 Marion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40830/marion/topic/community