16.1% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lismore · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lismore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Lismore volunteer their time, a figure well above the New South Wales average. While community giving is strong, other forms of unpaid work like childcare and housework have seen a decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.6% of the community participated in volunteer work.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, with 14% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (25.1%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.8%) have both fallen since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Around 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL112012/lismore/topic/community