7.5% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Illawarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Illawarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.5% of residents volunteer their time, meaning Lake Illawarra has some of the lowest community participation rates among similar areas. This figure is well below the national average of 14.1%. While fewer people volunteer or care for children, there is a moderate level of support for those needing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very low here, with only 7.5% of people helping out. This is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 21.1%. Despite this, 13.3% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%.
13.3% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
About 2.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 52% 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 Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12259/lake-illawarra/topic/community