19.1% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leconfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leconfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people provide unpaid childcare in Leconfield, making it a community with exceptionally high rates of unpaid care. This local commitment to family and support is a defining feature of the area's social landscape.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of residents giving their time. This 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.
Unpaid work is very high in the area, with 25.2% providing general care and 30.4% spending 15 or more hours on housework. These figures are far above the New South Wales and Australian averages, which both sit around 12% for care and 21% for housework.
25.2% ▲ +110.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% ▲ +35.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national figure.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Leconfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12300/leconfield/topic/community