18.2% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lennox Head · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lennox Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Lennox Head are stepping up to help others now than they were in 2011. This shift is most obvious in unpaid childcare, where 32.5% of residents now provide care, a figure well above the national average. Community spirit is also high, with volunteering rates remaining strong across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 32.5%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Other forms of support are less common, with 11.4% providing unpaid care and 22.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.4% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
Defence service is much lower here than in most other areas, with only 2.2% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Lennox Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114017/lennox-head/topic/community