52.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lah has some of the highest rates of community involvement among similar areas, with over half the population volunteering. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where residents are far more likely to provide unpaid care for others than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Lah are exceptionally high at 52.2%, which is far above the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here; 21.7% of people provide care for others, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 34.8% of residents caring for children unpaid, a rate much higher than most other areas.
21.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Lah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21425/lah/topic/community