50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Marmal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Marmal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Lake Marmal volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 50% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 50% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to caregiving, with 22.7% providing unpaid care and 36.4% caring for children, both far above the national average.
22.7% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Marmal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21438/lake-marmal/topic/community