25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Lurg · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Lurg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Upper Lurg volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This spirit of contribution is seen across the area, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care or have served in the military than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15.6% of people providing care and 31.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national levels. However, the 20.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
Military service is more frequent here than in most similar areas. About 7.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Upper Lurg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22616/upper-lurg/topic/community