25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Hinds · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Hinds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 35 point gap separates Lake Hinds from the state average for housework, reflecting a community with very high levels of unpaid work. This area is defined by a strong culture of helping others, both through formal volunteering and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Lake Hinds, with 55% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.1% seen across Western Australia. This high level of domestic work is consistent with 20% of people providing general unpaid care and 35% caring for children.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
55.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 55.0%
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, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Hinds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50820/lake-hinds/topic/community