31.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockhart · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lockhart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Lockhart volunteer their time, showing a strong drive to help others. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure and is one of the most striking features of local life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.2% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% recorded for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 16.6% of people doing so. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
16.6% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 4.1%. This is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Lockhart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12378/lockhart/topic/community