30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lavers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lavers Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Lavers Hill than in the rest of the country. About 30.3% of residents give their time to others, which is more than double the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping others extends to unpaid care and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.3% of people helping out, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here handle unpaid work than in most areas, including 26.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid childcare and general care are also a little above the state and national averages.
14.5% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.2% of people having served in the Defence Force, a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Lavers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21475/lavers-hill/topic/community