15.1% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lane Cove North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lane Cove North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Lane Cove North provide unpaid child care, which is a higher rate than in most similar areas. This community is marked by high levels of family support, though it has lower rates of general volunteering and other unpaid care compared to many other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.2% of people provide unpaid child care, this is offset by very low rates of other support. Only 8.8% provide general unpaid care and 19.0% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much lower than in most areas.
8.8% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Lane Cove North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12276/lane-cove-north/topic/community