31.8% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lynwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lynwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Lynwood, where 31.8% of people give their time to others. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas. This includes 15.1% who provide general unpaid care and 30.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the national figures.
15.1% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -32.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
About 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Lynwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12436/lynwood/topic/community