17.3% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loftus · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loftus
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Loftus compared to most similar areas. While a typical resident is more likely to provide childcare or housework than the national average, the area also shows a strong spirit of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of people giving their time. This is well above 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.
Caregiving is very prominent in the area, as 32.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of family support is consistent with a higher-than-average 27.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
13.5% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Loftus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12380/loftus/topic/community