9.7% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Portland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Portland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lower Portland has seen shifting patterns over the last decade. While few people here volunteer for organisations, a high proportion of residents spend significant time on unpaid housework and caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people in Lower Portland volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. This is alongside 27.2% of residents providing unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas.
9.7% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 much more common here than in similar areas, with 4.8% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12421/lower-portland/topic/community