14.3% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lilydale - Coldstream · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Lilydale - Coldstream
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and housework set Lilydale - Coldstream apart from other similar areas. While 14.6% of people provide unpaid care, this is much higher than most other areas. Other community activities, like volunteering and military service, remain closer to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.1% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do unpaid work than in most other areas, including 28.2% caring for children and 22.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The number of people providing unpaid care has risen to 14.6%, which is a little above the Victorian figure.
14.6% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 Force service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.4% of the population having served. This is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 63% 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 Lilydale - Coldstream [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051278/lilydale-coldstream/topic/community