25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lima East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lima East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people get involved in their community in Lima East compared to most other areas. One in four residents volunteers their time, and the area has a notably strong record of unpaid care and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 39.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with 20.6% of residents providing unpaid care, which is well above the Australian average of 11.9%.
20.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2% seen across Victoria.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Lima East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21506/lima-east/topic/community