11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Lynne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Lynne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in East Lynne have served in the Defence Force than in the typical Australian community. While local volunteering is low, a very high proportion of residents spend significant time on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 35.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far above the 20.7% national average. In contrast, the 18.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
12.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 35.6%
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.
A striking 10.0% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
10.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality 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 East Lynne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11362/east-lynne/topic/community