43.1% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lumeah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lumeah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 43.1% of people volunteer in Lumeah, a figure far above the national average. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas, though rates of unpaid care and defence service remain low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 43.1% of people giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% figure for Western Australia and the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with 9.7% of people providing such care. About 25% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the state figure of 28.5%.
9.7% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lumeah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50868/lumeah/topic/community