10.6% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lochinvar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lochinvar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Lochinvar provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the local community's contribution to the home, though formal volunteering remains low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing care and 24.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the New South Wales figures.
14.6% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Lochinvar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12377/lochinvar/topic/community