22.5% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lochiel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lochiel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of life in Lochiel, where 22.5% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Local residents also spend significantly more time on unpaid care and housework compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in most similar areas. At 22.5%, the rate is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, with 38.0% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of domestic work is consistent with 37.0% of residents providing unpaid childcare and 15.5% providing other unpaid care, both of which are well above state and national levels.
15.5% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.0% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.0% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 38.0%
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 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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).
More for Lochiel
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Lochiel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12376/lochiel/topic/community