19.3% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lyons · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lyons
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times the national rate of Defence Force service is found in Lyons, where 4.9% of people have served. This area shows a strong commitment to community and country, with volunteer rates well above the Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the ACT figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in many other areas, with 11.1% of people providing unpaid care and 18.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Around 26.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.1% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
The 4.9% of people who have served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most other areas, though a little below the ACT average of 6.0%.
4.9%
Higher than 79% 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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80087/lyons/topic/community