11.9% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Lake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Lake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in South Lake involves a high level of family support, though formal community volunteering is less common. About 27.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and well below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare—which is higher than most areas—only 11.0% provide other types of unpaid care, a result about the same as the national figure.
11.0% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 typical for the region, with 2.8% of the population having served in the Defence Force, matching the rate across Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 South Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51377/south-lake/topic/community