14.1% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Lagoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in The Lagoon has remained steady over the last decade, with 14.1% of people volunteering. This reflects a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly in caring for children, which is much more common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The Lagoon has a volunteering rate of 14.1%, which is about the same as the national figure and slightly above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is very common here, with 30% of people caring for children and 26.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are well above the state and national averages. However, 11.3% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.3% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.4% of residents having served, a figure a little below the Australian average.
1.4%
Lower 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 The Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13844/the-lagoon/topic/community