15.0% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lytton · State Electorate
Community Participation in Lytton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A falling rate of volunteering defines recent trends in Lytton, where 15% of people now give their time to others. This is a decline from 2011, though the area remains a place where many residents provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Lytton volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a drop of 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a much higher rate of people caring for children unpaid than most places, at 30%. Other forms of unpaid work are more typical, with 12.3% of people providing general unpaid care and 21.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 3.7% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 73% of state electorate 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 Lytton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30045/lytton/topic/community