11.1% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Patterson Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Patterson Lakes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.1% of people in Patterson Lakes volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This low level of community volunteering contrasts with a higher-than-usual number of residents who spend their time caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 11.1% of people helping out. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher-than-usual 27.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.4% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the 2.0% 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 Patterson Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22047/patterson-lakes/topic/community