28.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher volunteer rates than most similar areas define Lake Plains, where 28.2% of residents give their time to others. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, though it is far less likely to have people providing care for the sick or elderly.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.2% of people helping out, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While very few people provide unpaid care and the rate of childcare is well below the national figure, a high 35.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 35.9%
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 Lake Plains has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is 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 Lake Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40743/lake-plains/topic/community