8.6% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keilor Lodge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Keilor Lodge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people provide unpaid care in Keilor Lodge, with 17.1% of residents performing these roles. While many locals help others, the area has a notably low rate of formal volunteering compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.6% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 17.1% of residents helping out. This is well above the 11.9% national average, though those caring for children unpaid (24.0%) sit slightly below the typical state and national figures.
17.1% ▲ +68.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.1% of residents having served, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Keilor Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21317/keilor-lodge/topic/community