27.1% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sea Lake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sea Lake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Sea Lake give their time to the community than in most similar areas. Over a quarter of the population volunteers, a figure that is far above both the Victorian and national averages. This strong local engagement defines the area's social landscape.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.1% of people helping out. This is 14 points higher than the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%, fewer people here care for children unpaid (22.5%) compared to most other areas.
15.0% ▲ +42.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
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.
A higher share of the community has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 4.2% of residents having served.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Sea Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22246/sea-lake/topic/community