24.1% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Cargelligo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lake Cargelligo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Lake Cargelligo than in the rest of the state. About 24.1% of residents give their time to community activities, which is 11 percentage points above the New South Wales figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While volunteering is well above the national figure, the 24.1% rate in Lake Cargelligo has actually fallen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is generally lower than in most other areas. Only 10.2% of people provide unpaid care, and 19% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are figures below the state and national levels.
10.2% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
Defence service is among the lowest for areas of this size, with only 1.1% of the population having served, a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.1%
Lower than 92% 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 Lake Cargelligo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115095/lake-cargelligo/topic/community