25.8% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loomberah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loomberah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Loomberah give their time to others compared to most similar areas. Over a quarter of the population are volunteers, and a high proportion of residents provide unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.8% of people helping out. This is far above 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 work is a big part of life in Loomberah, where 32.2% of people care for children and 28.2% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above state and national levels, though the 11.7% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.7% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Loomberah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12395/loomberah/topic/community