0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lexia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lexia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Zero percent of residents in Lexia volunteered during the last year, a rate far below the national figure. While some people provide unpaid care, the area is mostly defined by a high number of residents spending significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Lexia volunteered, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 29.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 0.0% of the population, a figure lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lexia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50850/lexia/topic/community