23.0% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lobethal · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lobethal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people volunteer in Lobethal compared to most similar areas. While 23.0% of residents give their time to others, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping out is a key feature of the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.0% of people here volunteer, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0%. However, this rate has fallen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do unpaid work here than in most areas, with 26.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Around 28.4% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national rate of 26.3%.
12.7% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
About 3.1% of the community have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state average.
3.1%
Lower than 63% of urban centre 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 Lobethal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415020/lobethal/topic/community