7.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manor Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manor Lakes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Manor Lakes than in most similar areas. While only 7.8% of residents give their time to volunteer work, a very high 40.7% of the community are providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well below the national figure of 14.1%, with Manor Lakes sitting among the lowest areas for community participation at 7.8%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is far above the Australian average of 26.3%, though the 9.3% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas. About 21% of people do over 15 hours of housework a week, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
9.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.7% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% —
Lower than 69% 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Manor Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21597/manor-lakes/topic/community