16.0% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Lamington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Lamington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in West Lamington look after children without pay, a figure well above the national average. While unpaid childcare is common, other forms of community support and unpaid work are less frequent here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and roughly the same as the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 31.7% of people providing unpaid care for children. In contrast, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (19.4%) or providing other unpaid care (8.4%) is much lower than in most areas.
8.4% ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.8% of the population having done so, matching the national figure exactly.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 West Lamington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51577/west-lamington/topic/community