31.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lowlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lowlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of residents in Lowlands spend their spare time helping others, making it a place where community spirit is very high. This is most visible in the volunteering rates, which are far above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 35.6% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure. While 14.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children is well below the national average at 20.7%.
14.1% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 35.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Lowlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50866/lowlands/topic/community