23.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lyndhurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lyndhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher volunteer rates than most similar areas define the community in Lyndhurst. About 23.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that sits well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people volunteer in Lyndhurst, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 20.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—a much higher than usual 29.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. Those providing other types of unpaid care make up 11.8% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Lyndhurst has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
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 Lyndhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12434/lyndhurst/topic/community