23.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lascelles · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lascelles
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Lascelles now contribute their time to the community than in previous years. This is most evident in volunteering, where 23.5% of residents give their time, a figure far above the Victorian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.5% of people volunteer here, which is higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common with 35.3% of people providing this care, well above the state average. However, only 7.4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
7.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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, a result slightly below the Victorian and national figures.
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 Lascelles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21472/lascelles/topic/community