17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lillicur · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lillicur
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Lillicur, where 17.1% of people provide support to others. This community is more active than most, with a strong tendency toward volunteering and care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid child care is far below the national figure at just 7.9%, many people still do heavy lifting at home. A high 26.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, and 17.1% provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas.
17.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.9% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas, with 3.8% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Lillicur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21501/lillicur/topic/community