23.8% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lachlan · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Lachlan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Lachlan than in the rest of the state, with 23.8% of residents giving their time. While this is well above the national figure, the number of volunteers has fallen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.8% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.1% of people providing care and 26.4% looking after children, both of which are higher than most areas. Around 21.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Only 1.6% of people in Lachlan have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
1.6%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) 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 Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14600/lachlan/topic/community