13.6% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Lismore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in South Lismore is shaped by a high rate of people looking after others, with 15.1% providing unpaid care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%. While volunteering is common, it is the unpaid care of family and friends that stands out most in this area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people in South Lismore volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 27.7% of people caring for children unpaid, a little above the Australian figure. However, the 18.2% of people doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework is well below the state average of 21.2%.
15.1% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 South Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13605/south-lismore/topic/community