8.5% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Lewis · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Lewis
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people volunteer in Mount Lewis, making it a place where community contribution is much lower than across the state. This trend reflects a wider pattern of lower participation in unpaid activities compared to national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%. This is among the lowest levels of volunteering for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 21.3%. Meanwhile, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the Australian average of 20.7%.
12.1% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Mount Lewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12785/mount-lewis/topic/community