10.0% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lalor Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lalor Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Lalor Park provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. This activity is a little below the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are generally less common than in other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 10% of residents pitching in. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 21.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is lower than most areas. This is about the same as the national figure, while the 10.9% providing general unpaid care is a little below the Australian rate.
10.9% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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).
More for Lalor Park
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Lalor Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12270/lalor-park/topic/community