34.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Lake Grace · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Lake Grace
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a standout feature of South Lake Grace, where volunteering is far more common than in most other areas. Over a third of the population gives their time to help others, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very high here, with 34.6% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 11.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—the area has a very high rate of other unpaid care. About 26.9% of residents provide unpaid care for others, which is far above the 11.9% Australian average.
26.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
No one in South Lake Grace has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Western Australian and national rates, which both sit at around 2.8% or 2.9%.
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 South Lake Grace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51378/south-lake-grace/topic/community