13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service defines the community in Marla, where 7.5% of people have served in the Defence Force. While this rate of service is well above the national figure, other forms of community contribution like volunteering and childcare are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 13.9% of people in Marla volunteer, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are split; while 13.9% of people provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—the proportion of people caring for children (22.2%) and those doing heavy housework (13.9%) are both well below the state and national averages.
13.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very common here, with 7.5% of residents having served, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Marla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40834/marla/topic/community