12.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lucas · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lucas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of parents managing child care defines daily life in Lucas. While 36% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure well above the national average—volunteer rates are much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here at 36%, sitting well above the Victoria and Australia figures of 26.3%. However, 12.8% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the national average, and 20.5% doing heavy housework is lower than most areas.
12.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
About 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.2%
Lower 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 Lucas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21550/lucas/topic/community