18.9% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lawson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lawson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Lawson provide unpaid child care, making it a place where family support is very common. This community is more active than most, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid work compared to both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care than in most areas, with 27.9% caring for children and 25.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. These figures are both well above the national averages.
13.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Australia and New South Wales.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Lawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12298/lawson/topic/community