27.4% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lance Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lance Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 27.4% of people in Lance Creek volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected across the area, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.4% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for 16.9% of residents, a figure well above the national average. While 23.4% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, the 22.6% of people caring for children is well below the state and national figures.
16.9% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lance Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21455/lance-creek/topic/community