12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laffing Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laffing Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.7% of people in Laffing Waters provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the state and national averages. While this highlights a strong focus on family care, other forms of community contribution are less common here. This includes lower rates of general volunteering and very few people providing other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and about the same as the New South Wales rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 34.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care are among the lowest in the country at 4.0%, well below the national average of 11.9%.
4.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and lower than most similar areas.
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 Laffing Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12242/laffing-waters/topic/community