15.5% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lewisham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lewisham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fifteen percent of people in Lewisham volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure. While volunteering is common, the area has much lower rates of unpaid care and housework than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian averages, though this is lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas. Only 8.5% of people provide unpaid care, and the proportions of people doing housework for 15+ hours or caring for children are well below the national figures.
8.5% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
Defence service is less common in Lewisham than in most areas, with 1.0% of the population having served, which is a little below the state and national rates.
1.0%
Lower 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 Lewisham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12322/lewisham/topic/community