21.3% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lucaston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lucaston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Lucaston are now pitching in with unpaid work than in previous years. The area shows a strong spirit of helping out, with 21.3% of residents volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of people here volunteer, a rate that is higher than most similar areas and well above both the Tasmanian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher share of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than the national average, at 30.7%. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care or looking after children sit around the middle for similar areas.
12.6% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
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.
Four per cent of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a higher rate than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Lucaston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60367/lucaston/topic/community