7.6% ▼ -62.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Limbri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Limbri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Limbri than in the rest of the state, but the area sees much higher levels of domestic work. While only 7.6% of residents volunteer, nearly 40% spend significant time on housework. This creates a community profile where private home care is more common than public service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.6% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 39.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%. This sits alongside 13.0% of people providing unpaid care, which is a little above the state average, while those caring for children unpaid (22.8%) are fewer than in most areas.
13.0% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% ▲ +36.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.5% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national rate of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Limbri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12336/limbri/topic/community