27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Camm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Camm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Lake Camm than in the rest of the country. About 27.3% of residents give their time to help others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping extends to the home, where child care is much more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.3% of people helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is far more common than the national figure, with 36.4% of people involved. However, no one in the area reported providing other forms of unpaid care or spending 15 or more hours on housework.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Camm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50813/lake-camm/topic/community