14.6% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lowanna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lowanna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lowanna shows a mixed level of community involvement, with figures often sitting around the national average. While 14.6% of residents volunteer, many other forms of community and family support are much lower than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people in Lowanna volunteer their time. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 17.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.1% of people provide unpaid care and 22.2% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
12.1% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 common here, with 2.9% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Lowanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12407/lowanna/topic/community