8.8% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lalor · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Lalor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Lalor are volunteering now than in 2011, while the number of people caring for children has climbed. Only 8.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that has dropped since 2011. However, unpaid childcare is very common here, with 32.1% of people providing this care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Lalor is much lower than in most areas, at 8.8%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very high 32.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the 10.9% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the national average.
10.9% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Only 1.5% of people in Lalor have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
1.5%
Lower than 81% of federal 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 Lalor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED228/lalor/topic/community