13.1% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Luddenham · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Luddenham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Luddenham provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is a standout feature of daily life here, though other forms of community volunteering have dropped sharply in recent years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen steeply since 2011, with only 13.1% of residents now volunteering. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, as 31.4% of people provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 25.3%. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework dropped to 22.1%, and 11.0% of residents provide other types of unpaid care.
11.0% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area and slightly below the national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Luddenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122080/luddenham/topic/community