14.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laverton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Laverton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Laverton (L) take on unpaid care roles compared to most other areas. Only 5.8% of the population provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure. This pattern extends to childcare and housework, where participation is also significantly lower than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is a little below the Western Australian average and has fallen by 2.7 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 17.4% of people caring for children and 16.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well below the national average and have fallen since 2011.
5.8% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 slightly higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served compared to the national figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 58% 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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522039/laverton/topic/community