0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Powell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Powell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost no one in Lake Powell volunteers, making it one of the least active areas for community work. While the region has a strong history of military service, typical residents are far less likely to provide unpaid care or housework than those in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas at 0.0%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0.0% of people providing care and only 7.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both far below the national figures. This is consistent with the 19.5% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.5% of residents having served, well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Powell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21441/lake-powell/topic/community