15.3% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lysterfield South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lysterfield South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lysterfield South has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on home and family duties. About 15.2% of the population provides unpaid care, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas, though at 15.3%, they remain a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This aligns with the 15.2% who provide unpaid care, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
15.2% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with just 0.7% doing so, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21559/lysterfield-south/topic/community