35.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loadstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loadstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Loadstone now volunteer, marking a significant shift in how the community engages. This high level of activity is a standout feature for the area, where 35.3% of residents give their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.3% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common than usual, as 0.0% of people provide unpaid care and only 11.8% care for children unpaid. This is far below the Australian figure of 11.9% for general care and 26.3% for childcare.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
A high proportion of the community has a military background, with 13.9% having served in the Defence Force. This is far above the national figure of 2.8%.
13.9%
Higher 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 Loadstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12375/loadstone/topic/community