14.0% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laceby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laceby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Laceby provide unpaid care compared to the national figure. This is most evident in the 22.4% of residents who give unpaid care, a figure that is far above the Australian average. It suggests a community where a large portion of the population is dedicated to supporting others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.0% of residents volunteer their time, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high rate of unpaid work, with 28.5% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the Victorian average. This trend is seen across the board, as 27.6% care for children and 22.4% provide other forms of unpaid care, placing Laceby among the highest for caregiving.
22.4% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 4.0%, which is a little above the rates for Victoria and Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Laceby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21420/laceby/topic/community