8.6% ▼ -69.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leigh Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Leigh Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp decline in local volunteering and caregiving defines the social landscape of Leigh Creek (L). Only 8.6% of residents now volunteer, a figure that has plummeted by 20 percentage points since 2011. This drop reflects a broader trend across the area where unpaid community and family support has fallen far below the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in similar areas, with only 8.6% of people pitching in. This is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower here than in the rest of the country. Only 12.3% of people care for children unpaid and 4.9% provide general unpaid care, both of which are far below state and national levels.
4.9% ▼ -54.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -68.0%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.1% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422027/leigh-creek/topic/community