18.3% ▼ -58.2%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Tyers Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lake Tyers Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Lake Tyers Beach provide unpaid care or housework, showing a strong local commitment to family and community. While 18.3% of residents volunteer—a figure well above the Victorian average—this is a significant drop from 43.8% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.3% of people giving their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this rate has fallen by 25 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more frequent than in most areas, with 25.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. This is well above the state figure, while the proportion of people caring for children is well below the national rate at 20.6%.
14.0% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 67% 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 Lake Tyers Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221040/lake-tyers-beach/topic/community