10.0% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loftville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loftville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Six per cent of residents in Loftville have served in the Defence Force, which is a much higher rate than in most other areas. While military service is common, other forms of community contribution are quite low. This includes lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of people here volunteer their time, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 8.4% of people caring for children and 8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. General unpaid care is also lower than most areas at 10.4%.
10.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.4% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.0% ▼ -48.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very high in Loftville at 6%, which is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Loftville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12381/loftville/topic/community