10.3% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lovely Banks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lovely Banks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Lovely Banks volunteer their time compared to other areas, but there is a strong presence of unpaid caregivers. Only 10.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people volunteer here, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below both the state and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.1% providing care and 27.3% caring for children. This is a little above the Victorian average, although 19.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework is about the same as the rest of the country.
14.1% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Victorian and Australian figures.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Lovely Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21544/lovely-banks/topic/community