32.7% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lameroo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lameroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 32.7% of people in Lameroo volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of community service defines the area, though the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011. It is a place where residents contribute significantly more of their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About a third of residents volunteer their time, a rate far above the South Australian average of 17.0%. While this remains among the highest levels for similar areas, the figure fell 6.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 23.2%. Meanwhile, 12.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a rate that is about the same as the state and national averages.
12.3% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 much more common here than in most areas. Around 4.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.9%
Higher than 77% of urban centre 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 Lameroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421020/lameroo/topic/community