16.6% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Latham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Latham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Latham has shifted since 2011, with a particularly strong focus on home and family support. The area stands out for its high rates of unpaid care, with 34% of people looking after children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the ACT figure of 18.4% but slightly higher than the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, as 17% of people provide unpaid care—well above both the territory and national figures. This is consistent with the high number of people caring for children (34%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (23.6%).
17.0% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
A high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 5.2% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Latham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80084/latham/topic/community