7.5% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Liverpool · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Liverpool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 7.5% of people in Liverpool volunteer, which is one of the lowest rates for any area of this size. This figure has fallen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011, leaving the community well below both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much less common here than elsewhere, with 7.5% of residents helping out, which is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 10.6% providing general care and 19.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework per week.
10.6% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
2.1%
Lower than 76% 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 Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12703/liverpool/topic/community