15.6% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forest Lodge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Forest Lodge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower levels of unpaid work and care define Forest Lodge compared to most similar areas. While 15.6% of people volunteer, the suburb sees far fewer residents providing unpaid care for children or the elderly than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is still a little above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower here than in most areas, with only 19.6% of people caring for children unpaid. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and similarly, far fewer people provide general unpaid care or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
8.2% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▲ +39.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
Only 1.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Forest Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11549/forest-lodge/topic/community