6.8% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakemba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lakemba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Lakemba than in the rest of the state or country. Only 6.8% of residents do volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This marks a significant gap in community participation compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for this level of area, at just 6.8%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—other forms of unpaid work are less common. The 9.3% who provide general unpaid care and the 17.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework are both well below the national averages.
9.3% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 0.4% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.4%
Lower than 75% 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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12266/lakemba/topic/community