15.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lithgow - Mudgee · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Lithgow - Mudgee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people perform unpaid housework in Lithgow - Mudgee compared to the rest of the country. While 24.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on these tasks, other forms of community involvement like volunteering have dipped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales and national figures. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 19.7% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 12.5% providing general unpaid care and 24.6% caring for children. Notably, the 24.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is well above the Australian figure.
12.5% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.1%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Lithgow - Mudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10303/lithgow-mudgee/topic/community