29.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lord Howe Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lord Howe Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people volunteer on Lord Howe Island, which is far above the national figure. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most other areas across the country. Residents here are also more likely to provide unpaid care for children and serve in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.0% of the population volunteer, a figure that is far above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is more common here than in most areas, with 27.4% of people providing this support. While 24.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure—unpaid care for others is lower than most areas at 11.9%.
11.9% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 little above the national average, 5.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Lord Howe Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12396/lord-howe-island/topic/community