22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Lonsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Lonsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Helping others is a big part of daily life in Lake Lonsdale, where a striking 42.2% of people provide unpaid childcare. This community is far more active in volunteering and caregiving than typical Australian areas. Many residents dedicate their spare time to supporting family and the local region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people pitching in. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in Lake Lonsdale, with 15.6% of people providing help to others. This is especially true for childcare, where 42.2% of residents help out, a figure far above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.2% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
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. This is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.0% and 2.8%.
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 Lonsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21437/lake-lonsdale/topic/community