22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lostock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lostock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 39% of people in Lostock provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of home-based care is part of a broader trend of strong community contribution and housework in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local residents are more likely to volunteer than people in most other areas. At 22.4%, this is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure far above the Australian average. While many care for children, 12.2% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
12.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.8% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 32.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lostock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12401/lostock/topic/community