19.0% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lancefield · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lancefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Lancefield are volunteering than they were in 2011, though the town still has a strong spirit of giving. Nearly one in five residents still volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people here volunteer, a rate that is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% national average. However, this is a drop of 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.5% of people caring for children, which is well above the state and national figures. This sits alongside a high number of people providing other unpaid care (15.1%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (26.2%).
15.1% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.9%. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Lancefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215046/lancefield/topic/community