19.3% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Limpinwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Limpinwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Limpinwood has remained steady since 2011, with nearly one in five residents volunteering. This level of participation is well above the national figure, showing a strong local commitment to unpaid work in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—those caring for children unpaid (18.3%) are much lower than most areas.
9.4% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 3.9%, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Limpinwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12342/limpinwood/topic/community