15.5% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Louth Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Louth Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Louth Park provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community where family support is a major part of daily life. While volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas, the local commitment to home and family care is well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 33.9% of people caring for children—well above the 26.3% national average. This trend extends to other home duties, as 27.5% do 15 or more hours of housework and 14.6% provide general unpaid care, both figures being well above state levels.
14.6% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.6%
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 Louth Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12404/louth-park/topic/community