25.6% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Lonsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Point Lonsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Point Lonsdale volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of activity is seen across various forms of unpaid work and service. Residents here contribute to their community and families at rates well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.6% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is far above the 14.1% national average and much higher than in most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing care, which is well above the Australian figure. While childcare rates are a little below the national average at 24%, 27.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate well above the national figure.
15.3% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Point Lonsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22088/point-lonsdale/topic/community