29.3% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ben Lomond · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ben Lomond
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Ben Lomond volunteer, a figure far above the New South Wales and national rates. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of residents giving their time. This is far above the state figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—other forms of unpaid work are less common. Those providing general unpaid care (8.1%) and doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.2%) are both well below national and state levels.
8.1% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Ben Lomond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10286/ben-lomond/topic/community