8.5% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Londonderry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Londonderry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Londonderry volunteer compared to other areas, with only 8.5% of people helping out. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and military service, align more closely with state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, at just 8.5%. This is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more common here than in the rest of the country, with 24.4% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average.
12.0% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Defence Force service is common at 2.3%, which is about the same as the figure for New South Wales.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Londonderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12384/londonderry/topic/community