29.3% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockhart · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Lockhart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Lockhart volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This strong culture of helping others defines the area's community participation, though the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.3% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%. This figure has dropped 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. Additionally, 15.4% provide unpaid care, a rate that has risen since 2011 and is among the highest for similar areas.
15.4% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 3.8%, this is a little above the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 76% 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 Lockhart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14950/lockhart/topic/community