26.5% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lillian Rock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lillian Rock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 26.5% of people in Lillian Rock volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and help at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.5% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most similar areas and far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 35.5% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the Australian figure. While 15.0% provide some form of unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 21.0%, which is well below the national rate.
15.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.5% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lillian Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12332/lillian-rock/topic/community