15.6% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Linton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Linton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong commitment to helping others defines daily life in Linton, where 14.8% of people provide unpaid care. This is a little above the national figure, and the area also sees more people stepping up for housework and community service than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people in Linton volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% national figure, though this is lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 22.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%, other forms of help are common. People doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are well above the national average at 27.7%.
14.8% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% Australian figure.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Linton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21514/linton/topic/community