25.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lavadia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lavadia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Lavadia than in the rest of the state. About 26% of residents give their time to help others, which is double the New South Wales rate. This strong spirit of community is matched by a high number of people performing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the state rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 44.4% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 14.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, only 22.2% care for children, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in Lavadia has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and the state average of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lavadia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12293/lavadia/topic/community