5.7% ▼ -54.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Liverpool · State Electorate
Community Participation in Liverpool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.7% of people in Liverpool volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community participation is matched by a decline in unpaid care and housework over the last decade. The area shows a general trend of fewer residents engaging in unpaid work compared to both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Liverpool has dropped sharply, falling 6.9 percentage points since 2011. At 5.7%, it is now well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas, with only 16.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 22.3% caring for children. Both figures have fallen since 2011, and 10.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian figure.
10.9% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 0.8% of the population. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 99% 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 Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10046/liverpool/topic/community