20.6% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lismore Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Lismore Surrounds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid care than most similar areas define Lismore Surrounds. Around 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community puts in significant unpaid effort, particularly through housework and caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people helping out, well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this has fallen 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is high, with 27.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. Providing unpaid care is also much more common than in most areas at 14.0%, while 25.6% care for children unpaid.
14.0% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Lismore Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112021249/lismore-surrounds/topic/community