22.9% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loxton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Loxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Loxton give their time to volunteering, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This strong level of community contribution stands out, even though the number of local volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is down 5.7 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure. Those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are fewer than in most areas, while 13.3% provide other types of unpaid care.
13.3% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 a little more common here than across Australia, with 3.8% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.8%
Higher than 58% 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 Loxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415021/loxton/topic/community