36.6% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Grace · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Grace
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 36.6% of people in Lake Grace volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering compared to similar places. Local residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care for children and perform housework than people across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.6% of residents helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much higher than most areas at 31.1%, and 24.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 8.4%.
8.4% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Grace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50819/lake-grace/topic/community