11.6% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
La Perouse · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in La Perouse
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define La Perouse, where 16.1% of people provide care for others. This stands out as a key feature of the area, contrasting with much lower rates of volunteering and child care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 11.6% of residents giving their time. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 16.1% of people provide unpaid care—well above the national figure—rates for other home duties are low. Only 18.7% care for children unpaid and 18.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much lower than in most areas.
16.1% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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 La Perouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12238/la-perouse/topic/community