8.1% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lynbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lynbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.1% of people volunteer in Lynbrook, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. While few residents give their time to organisations, there is a strong focus on family, with nearly 30% of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well below the national figure of 14.1%, falling 6 points behind the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is a common activity here, at 29.5%, which is well above both the state and national figures of 26.3%. This contrasts with other unpaid work; those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than most areas.
10.3% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.8% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Lynbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21554/lynbrook/topic/community