36.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.7%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laffer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laffer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Laffer than in the rest of the country. More than a third of the community gives their time to others, creating a striking gap compared to the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% typical for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—no one in the area is recorded as providing other forms of unpaid care. Meanwhile, only 17.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much lower than most areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Laffer has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
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 Laffer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40733/laffer/topic/community