17.1% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lovedale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lovedale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Lovedale, with residents frequently stepping up for others. Roughly 17.1% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping out extends into the home and the wider community through significant levels of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Lovedale, with 17.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, as 32.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend continues with 14% providing unpaid care and 27.1% caring for children, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.9% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 32.9%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the own national average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Lovedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12405/lovedale/topic/community