31.8% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Charm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Charm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Lake Charm volunteer their time, a figure that has grown since 2011. This high level of community spirit defines the area, with residents far more likely to give their time than those in the rest of Victoria or Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.8% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for 20.5% of people, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, only 19.7% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is well below the 26.3% average for Victoria and Australia.
20.5% ▲ +54.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Lake Charm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21430/lake-charm/topic/community