5.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Liverpool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Liverpool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in unpaid work and volunteering in Liverpool compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This pattern of lower community participation extends across unpaid care and defence service as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas at 5.6%. 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 9.9% of people providing care. This is consistent with other low figures, such as the 20.3% who care for children unpaid and 14.7% who do over 15 hours of housework, both well below the national figures.
9.9% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 small proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force at 0.9%. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12370/liverpool/topic/community