15.5% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Lismore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in East Lismore provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. Most local participation figures sit close to state and national levels, though volunteering is slightly more common than the Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer their time. While this is lower than in most similar areas, it remains a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common, with 25% of people involved, which is about the same as the state average. Meanwhile, the 13.5% of people providing general unpaid care is a little above the national figure, though far fewer people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework compared to most areas.
13.5% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Around 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 East Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11361/east-lismore/topic/community