20.7% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leycester · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leycester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, residents in Leycester are significantly more active in unpaid work and volunteering. Roughly one in five people volunteer here, and a high number of residents spend a large amount of time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Leycester, where 20.7% of people give their time, a figure well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, with 29.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 28.4% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas. However, 11.2% of people provide other unpaid care, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state average.
11.2% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Leycester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12323/leycester/topic/community