24.0% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lavender Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lavender Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have climbed significantly in Lavender Bay, where 24% of people now give their time to others. This level of community involvement is far above the New South Wales figure and shows a strong shift toward unpaid activity in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers, which is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a higher rate of volunteering than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here, at 15.3%, which is well below both the state and national figures. This trend is mirrored in housework, with 17.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid home work, a figure much lower than most areas.
11.4% ▲ +36.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▲ +51.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Lavender Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12294/lavender-bay/topic/community