14.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lilydale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lilydale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and service define Lilydale, where many residents take on significant responsibilities at home. While volunteering is about the same as the national figure, the community stands out for the high number of people providing unpaid support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people in Lilydale volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 24.6% of people providing unpaid care, far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes a high proportion of people caring for children (34.4%) and those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework (36.1%).
24.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.1% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
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 strong history of military service is evident in Lilydale, where 7.0% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Lilydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31657/lilydale/topic/community