18.4% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lockwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Lockwood are now involved in unpaid care and volunteering than in previous years. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with 18.4% of residents volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 17.1% of residents providing help—a figure much higher than most areas. This is seen in the 24.1% who do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
17.1% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having done so. This is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Lockwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21528/lockwood/topic/community