13.4% ▲ +56.6%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Macquarie · State Electorate
Community Participation in Lake Macquarie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Lake Macquarie involves a high level of unpaid support, with 14% of people providing care for others. This reflects a community where residents are stepping up to help family and friends more than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown here, with 13.4% of people helping out, up from 8.6% in 2011. This is about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A large number of residents handle significant unpaid work, with 24.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. This trend is seen across the board, as those caring for children (26.6%) and those providing general unpaid care (14%) are both slightly above the state average.
14.0% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas, with 3.5% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.5%
Higher than 67% of state electorate 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 Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10042/lake-macquarie/topic/community