7.5% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laverton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laverton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of unpaid work and volunteering have come to define the community of Laverton in recent years. Only 7.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 4.3% providing unpaid care and 10% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far below the Western Australian figure for child care, which sits at 28.5% compared to just 14.1% in Laverton.
4.3% ▼ -49.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.1% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates seen across Western Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50836/laverton/topic/community