16.6% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laurieton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laurieton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual contribute their time to the community in Laurieton, where 16.6% of residents volunteer. This local spirit is seen in a high rate of unpaid care and a significant number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.6% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.6% of people providing it and 24.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. In contrast, the 10.6% who provide unpaid childcare is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.6% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 6.5%, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Laurieton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12292/laurieton/topic/community