19.0% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lewis Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lewis Ponds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty-two per cent of people in Lewis Ponds provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family care is a standout feature for the area, where community involvement and service are also more common than in most places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of people giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 34.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 9.0%, which is a little below the Australian average.
9.0% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.0% ▲ +50.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality 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 Lewis Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12321/lewis-ponds/topic/community