21.0% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lacmalac · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lacmalac
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Lacmalac, where 21% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure, marking the area as a place where residents are much more active in community work than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21% of residents volunteer, which is well above the own New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—only 5% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the state and national averages. Those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework are also few, at 18.5%, which is much lower than most areas.
5.0% ▼ -74.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lacmalac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12239/lacmalac/topic/community