38.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lort River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lort River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lort River has remained remarkably high, with a striking 38.3% of residents volunteering. This level of participation is far above both the state and national figures, marking it as one of the most active areas for volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 38.3% of people in Lort River volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This rate is among the highest across similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, other forms of unpaid work are rare. People providing general unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework are far below state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
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.
No one in Lort River has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lort River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50861/lort-river/topic/community