13.2% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lawson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lawson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 5.5% of people in Lawson provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most other areas. This low level of caregiving is a defining feature of the community's social participation patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 13.2% of residents helping out. This is well below the ACT figure of 18.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is far less common than usual, as only 17.6% of people care for children and 11.3% do over 15 hours of housework. These figures are well below both the territory and national averages.
5.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian figure, though it is well below the ACT's 6.0%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Lawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80085/lawson/topic/community