7.0% ▼ -68.8%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakemba · State Electorate
Community Participation in Lakemba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 23.2% of people in Lakemba provide unpaid childcare, though this is much lower than in most other areas. The community sees low levels of volunteering and unpaid housework compared to state and national figures. This overall level of community participation has generally declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7% of people in Lakemba volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 22.4% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is handled by 18% of residents, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, those providing unpaid childcare fell to 23.2% since 2011, while the share of people providing general unpaid care stayed steady at around 11%.
11.0% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 uncommon in Lakemba, with only 0.5% of people having served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.5%
Lower than 99% of state electorate 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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10043/lakemba/topic/community