21.4% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, 21.4% of people in Lake Gardens volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, with residents far more likely to give their time than those in the rest of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly 21.4% of the community volunteers, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 15.9% of people provide this support, which is much higher than most areas. This is reflected in housework, with 25.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.9% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21435/lake-gardens/topic/community