13.7% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marleston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marleston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people engage in unpaid care and volunteering in Marleston compared to other areas. Only 19.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. This pattern of lower community involvement extends across volunteering and household duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the South Australian average of 17.0% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 8.7% of people providing care. This is consistent with the low rates of people doing significant unpaid housework (13.6%) and those caring for children (19.6%), both of which are well below the national figures.
8.7% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.1%, which is a little below the state average of 3.2%.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Marleston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40835/marleston/topic/community