15.6% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lambton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lambton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Lambton than in most similar areas, with 13.8% of residents supporting others. This community shows a higher tendency to look after family and serve their country compared to the state average. While unpaid care is common, other forms of community involvement are more modest.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%. Despite these gaps, this rate is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common in the area, with 28.4% of people looking after children unpaid, a figure well above the state average. This helps explain why the 13.8% of people providing general unpaid care is higher than in most other areas.
13.8% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.7%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher 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 Lambton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12273/lambton/topic/community