33.7% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laguna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laguna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Laguna than in most similar areas. About 33.7% of residents give their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit defines the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 15.6% of people provide unpaid child care—which is far below the Australian average—around 39.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. General unpaid care is slightly more common than in the rest of the state at 13.5%.
13.5% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.0% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 39.0%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.8% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Laguna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12245/laguna/topic/community