20.0% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Linden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Linden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community contribution mark Linden compared to most similar areas. One in five residents volunteers their time, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This spirit of helping extends into the home, with high levels of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.0% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 29.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 16.0% providing unpaid care, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 25.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
16.0% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
About 2.7% of people in Linden have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen in New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Linden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12344/linden/topic/community