27.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lorne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lorne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Lorne volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.7% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits 14 percentage points above both the Victorian and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 21.2%. Meanwhile, 13.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, and 22.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are around the middle for similar areas.
13.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 3.1% of the population having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the Australian average.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Lorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21542/lorne/topic/community