12.6% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lithgow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lithgow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.6% of people volunteer their time in Lithgow, which is much lower than in most other similar areas. Daily life here involves fewer people providing unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures, though the number of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Lithgow are much lower than in most areas, with 12.6% of people helping out, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 19.5% of people providing this care, well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 22.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national average.
12.8% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12356/lithgow/topic/community