6.3% ▼ -71.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lagrange · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lagrange
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Lagrange than across the rest of the country. While 39.1% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community contribution and service are much lower than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.3% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is very common at 39.1%, other home duties are less frequent. Only 7% provide general unpaid care and 12.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, both well below the national figures.
7.0% ▼ -48.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.2% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 0.9% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Lagrange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50808/lagrange/topic/community