21.8% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Linley Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Linley Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Linley Point volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a high level of unpaid contribution, particularly through housework and community service. It is a place where residents are significantly more active in unpaid roles than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average and the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 30.4% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care or looking after children are around the middle for their level, sitting close to state and national averages.
13.5% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 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.
Around 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Linley Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12350/linley-point/topic/community