14.9% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakelands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lakelands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of residents in Lakelands provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the national figure. This highlights a community heavily focused on family care, though a smaller proportion of people volunteer their time compared to most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer here, which is slightly higher than the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and roughly the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common, with 32.3% of people looking after children unpaid, well above the national rate of 26.3%. This is consistent with higher rates of general unpaid care (13.7%) and people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of residents having served, slightly above the state figure of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Lakelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12265/lakelands/topic/community