26.4% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Cargelligo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Cargelligo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of people volunteer in Lake Cargelligo. This is a community where 26.4% of residents give their time to help others, a figure far above the New South Wales average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.4% of people helping out. This is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, 19.8% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is much lower than in most other areas.
11.3% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas. Only 1.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both the state and the nation.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Lake Cargelligo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12250/lake-cargelligo/topic/community