34.9% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lameroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lameroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Lameroo volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where 34.9% of residents give their time to help others. Local participation is much stronger here than in most similar areas across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With 34.9% of people volunteering, Lameroo is among the highest for this activity. This is far above both South Australia (17.0%) and the national average (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.0% of people provide unpaid childcare—matching the state and national figures—only 10.0% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. Around 21.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
10.0% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
A higher than usual 4.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and slightly higher than the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Lameroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40746/lameroo/topic/community