7.8% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people have stepped up to volunteer in Lake Heights recently, with only 7.8% of residents doing so. This is well below the national figure and represents one of the lowest rates of volunteering among similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.7% of residents doing so. This includes 27.0% of people caring for children unpaid and 23.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures being a little above the state and national levels.
14.7% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 less common in Lake Heights, where 1.3% of people have served. This is a little below the 2.3% seen in New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12256/lake-heights/topic/community