23.5% ▼ -47.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lalbert · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lalbert
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Lalbert volunteer their time, which is far above the Victorian figure. This spirit of contribution is matched by a strong history of military service and high levels of unpaid work within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.5% of people helping out, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 38.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the Victorian figure. While 13.9% provide some form of unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children is well below the national average at 22.6%.
13.9% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.3% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 38.3%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.1% of the population having served.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Lalbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21451/lalbert/topic/community