13.8% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lysterfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Lysterfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 28.1% of people in Lysterfield provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher proportion than in most other areas. While many residents help out at home or in the community, the number of people volunteering has fallen over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are around the middle for its level, with 13.8% of people helping out. This is about the same as the Victorian and national figures, though it is 2.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much higher than most areas, 14.4% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure that rose 4.4 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 21.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is slightly above the state figure.
14.4% ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Only 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Lysterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011255/lysterfield/topic/community