19.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Albert · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Albert
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Lake Albert volunteer, showing a strong local commitment to community activities. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a place where residents are highly active in supporting others and their surroundings.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.2% of people caring for children, a rate well above the national average of 26.3%. This is seen alongside 14.0% of people providing general unpaid care and 23.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 4.1% of residents being veterans, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Lake Albert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12246/lake-albert/topic/community