10.6% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lockridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Lockridge volunteer than in most other parts of the country. Only 10.6% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This lower level of community involvement is also seen in the unpaid care and housework rates across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is much less common here than in most areas, with 17.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. Similarly, 24.6% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is well below the state figure of 28.5%.
10.9% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 lower than in most areas, with 1.9% of people having served in the Defence Force, slightly below the state rate of 2.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Lockridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50857/lockridge/topic/community