14.0% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lethbridge · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lethbridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31% of people in Lethbridge provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of unpaid care is a defining feature of the area's community life. Other participation rates, such as volunteering, are closer to the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly here, falling 10 points since 2011 to 14.0%. This is now lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Lethbridge, with 28.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. This trend is seen across the board, as providing general unpaid care rose to 16.4%, which is much higher than most areas.
16.4% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 3.6%. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and about the same as the national figure.
3.6%
Higher than 51% 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 Lethbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221041/lethbridge/topic/community