21.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Linburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Linburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Linburn volunteer their time, showing a strong local commitment to helping out. This community is far more active in unpaid work and volunteering than the national average, with 21.7% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is very high, as 30.4% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly and 30.4% care for children unpaid. However, the 6.5% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
6.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 Linburn has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Linburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12343/linburn/topic/community