14.8% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roxby Downs · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Roxby Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 36% of people in Roxby Downs provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the state and national averages. This makes childcare the most common form of community contribution in the area. However, other types of unpaid work and volunteering have seen a decline since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the South Australian figure. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 35.2% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is very common here, with 36.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure. In contrast, only 5.1% of people provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is well below both the state and the rest of Australia.
5.1% ▼ -53.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.7% ▲ +57.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian average.
2.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415039/roxby-downs/topic/community