5.4% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lurnea - Cartwright · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Lurnea - Cartwright
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.4% of people volunteer in Lurnea - Cartwright, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas. This low level of community involvement is paired with a decline in unpaid care and housework compared to five years ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the national figure of 14.1%, and have fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care for children (21.5%) or do heavy housework (16.1%) compared to the rest of the state. However, the 11.8% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the national figure.
11.8% —
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% —
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in other areas, with only 1.0% of residents having served, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.0%
Lower than 91% 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 Lurnea - Cartwright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127031599/lurnea-cartwright/topic/community