16.6% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lennard Brook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lennard Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lennard Brook has remained steady, with a strong focus on family care. Around 31.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where many people are balancing home responsibilities alongside other roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is slightly higher than the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 31.4%, which is much higher than most areas. Other forms of support are more typical, with 12.0% providing general unpaid care and 20.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework per week.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.6% of the population having served. This is a little above both the Western Australian figure of 2.9% and the national rate of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Lennard Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50845/lennard-brook/topic/community