19.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Lambton Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Lambton Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in New Lambton Heights provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the highest areas for this kind of support. This strong focus on family and community care is matched by high rates of volunteering and housework. Daily life here involves a significant amount of unpaid work compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 20% of residents volunteer their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for others is common here, with 15.2% of people providing unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This includes 36.8% who look after children unpaid and 26.0% who do 15 or more hours of housework each week, both figures being well above the national average.
15.2% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.8% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
About 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national rate of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher 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 New Lambton Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12952/new-lambton-heights/topic/community