24.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Lewis Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Lewis Ponds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of volunteering and military service set Lower Lewis Ponds apart from most similar areas. About 24% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This strong community involvement is paired with a very high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.2% of people helping out. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual, with 0% of people providing unpaid care for others. This is far below the 11.9% national average, and child care is also well below the state figure at 21.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 very common in this area. About 9.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
9.7%
Higher than 95% 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 Lower Lewis Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12416/lower-lewis-ponds/topic/community