15.1% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakes Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lakes Entrance
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lakes Entrance has shifted over the last decade, with a particularly strong presence of veterans today. While 15.1% of people volunteer, the area is most notable for having a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.2% of people providing such support, a figure higher than most areas. While those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well above the national figure at 24.2%, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average at 18.4%.
14.2% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 striking 4.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21449/lakes-entrance/topic/community