34.6% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a huge part of daily life in Laura, where volunteering rates are far above the national average. Over a third of the population helps out in their community, marking this as one of the most active areas for volunteers in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is remarkably common here, with 34.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more common than in most areas, with 26.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week. Unpaid care is also a little above the national figure, with 14.4% of residents providing support.
14.4% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 3.3%, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40751/laura/topic/community