12.4% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lara · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in community roles has seen childcare needs grow in Lara since 2011. While more people are now caring for children, the number of local volunteers has dropped. This reflects a changing balance between home and community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 4.0 percentage points since 2011 to 12.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 31.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above both the Victorian and national figures of 26.3%. Other unpaid care is more typical, with 13.5% of people providing care and 21.9% doing over 15 hours of housework.
13.5% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most similar areas, though at 3.1% it is still a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre 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 Lara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213008/lara/topic/community