17.9% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lismore Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lismore Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Lismore Heights provide unpaid care compared to the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward helping others, with 17.9% of residents volunteering and a high number of people supporting family members in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 17.0% of residents doing so. This is well above the 11.9% national figure, while unpaid childcare and housework are closer to the state and national averages.
17.0% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Lismore Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12354/lismore-heights/topic/community