13.7% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lysterfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lysterfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of Lysterfield residents spend their time caring for children unpaid. This high level of family support defines daily life here, with a larger proportion of people providing unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and sits about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 14.5% of people provide care and 28.1% look after children, both of which are higher than most areas. This is alongside 21.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a little above the Victorian figure.
14.5% ▲ +46.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 1.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Lysterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21558/lysterfield/topic/community