34.3% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake King · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake King
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than three in ten people in Lake King volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where unpaid care and defence service are both uncommon.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.3% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and 15.9% in Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 4.5% of people provide unpaid care, and those caring for children unpaid (19.4%) are well below the national figure of 26.3%.
4.5% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with 0.0% of residents having served. This is a little below the state and national figures, which both sit around 2.8% or 2.9%.
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 King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50822/lake-king/topic/community