20.6% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lancelin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lancelin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering and military service set Lancelin apart from most similar areas. About 20.6% of the community volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is paired with a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members than in most other small towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 20.6% of people in Lancelin volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at just 15.9%. This is much lower than most areas, while the 9.3% of people providing other unpaid care is also a little below the state and national averages.
9.3% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Lancelin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50830/lancelin/topic/community