7.7% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lidcombe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lidcombe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents in Lidcombe take on unpaid community or family roles compared to other parts of the country. Only 7.7% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend extends to home and care duties, where local rates are much lower than typical for Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 7.7% of people giving their time. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.1% of people providing care and 18.9% looking after children. Similarly, just 16.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.1% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 lower than most areas, with 0.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Lidcombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12325/lidcombe/topic/community