31.6% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lade Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lade Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of residents in Lade Vale volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area, where local involvement is much more common than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.6% of people volunteer here, a rate far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 11.3% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures, 26.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
11.3% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Lade Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12240/lade-vale/topic/community