13.5% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lancaster · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lancaster
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Lancaster spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is a high rate for the area, while other forms of community work and care are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 11.3% of people provide unpaid care and far fewer care for children compared to the national figure, 27.3% do significant unpaid housework, which is well above the state and national averages.
11.3% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the state and national totals.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Lancaster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21454/lancaster/topic/community