19.5% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lathlain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lathlain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Lathlain volunteer their time, a rate well above both the state and national figures. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though this is balanced by a lower than usual rate of people spending significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, which is well 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 is common, with 28.4% of people caring for children—a figure higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 12.1% provide some form of unpaid care, but the 18.8% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework is much lower than in most other places.
12.1% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Defence service is consistent with other regions, as 2.6% of the population have served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Lathlain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50835/lathlain/topic/community