8.1% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
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.
Low volunteer rates define the community spirit in Lyndhurst, where only 8.1% of people volunteer. This is well below the national figure, though the area has a very high proportion of residents caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people in Lyndhurst volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 40% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. This contrasts with other forms of support, as the 9.9% of people providing general unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.9% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.8% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 national figure of 2.8%.
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 Lyndhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21555/lyndhurst/topic/community