17.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Goldsmith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Goldsmith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Lake Goldsmith, where 17.4% of people give their time to others. This rate is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia. Most other forms of community and unpaid service are much lower than usual for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. This level of participation sits around the middle when compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—no one in the area reports doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing other unpaid care. These last two figures are far below those for Victoria and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Goldsmith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21436/lake-goldsmith/topic/community