13.7% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Light · State Electorate
Community Participation in Light
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Light than in most similar areas. While 13.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, the area also has a notably high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 13.7% of people in Light volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the South Australian average. This is a drop of 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing care, a figure much higher than most areas. This is alongside 28.5% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the national average.
13.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 high 5.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and a little above both the state and national figures.
5.6%
Higher than 90% of state electorate 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 Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40028/light/topic/community