20.8% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lismore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 20.8% of people in Lismore (Vic.) volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is a defining feature of the area. It also sees a much higher proportion of veterans compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.8% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than typical, at 18.3%. Meanwhile, 24.8% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.8% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. Those who served in the Defence Force make up 6.2% of the population, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21516/lismore/topic/community