14.7% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lightning Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lightning Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Lightning Ridge involves a strong commitment to supporting others, with 14% of people providing unpaid care. While volunteering is common, there is a striking gap in child care and housework compared to the rest of the country. This mix of community support and lower domestic workloads defines the local social landscape.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is higher than in most areas at 14%. However, the proportion of people doing unpaid housework (16.6%) or caring for children (15.6%) is well below both state and national figures.
14.0% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
Around 3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Lightning Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12329/lightning-ridge/topic/community