16.1% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lismore · Urban Area
Community Participation in Lismore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Lismore provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community support here. While volunteering is higher than in most other areas, the number of people giving their time has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is higher than most areas, although the rate fell by 4.9 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 14.0% of people helping out. This has risen since 2011, while the number of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell to 21.0%.
14.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 60% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Lower than 61% of urban area 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/sua/1018/lismore/topic/community