14.4% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lorn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lorn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid childcare defines Lorn compared to the rest of the state. Around 32.1% of people here provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the national figure. This trend extends to general housework, where more residents spend significant time helping at home than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people in Lorn volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the 20.7% national average. Meanwhile, 13.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure a little above the state average.
13.2% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Lorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12398/lorn/topic/community