20.7% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lindenow South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lindenow South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of volunteering is seen in Lindenow South, where 20.7% of people give their time to others. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas, with 26.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the 20.7% national figure. Similarly, 14% provide unpaid care and 28.4% care for children, both of which are a little above state and national levels.
14.0% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.1% of the population. This is about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Lindenow South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21510/lindenow-south/topic/community