16.1% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 69% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lyons · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Lyons
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Lyons provide unpaid care than in most other areas, with 13.3% of the population stepping up. While this is a little above the national figure, the local spirit of service is also evident in a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people in Lyons volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.4% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 23.7% of people doing over 15 hours of housework and 13.3% providing unpaid care, both figures being much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 25.1% of people care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 87% of federal 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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED605/lyons/topic/community