20.6% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Linthorpe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Linthorpe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Linthorpe compared to the state and national figures. About 20.6% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This community is also more likely to handle unpaid domestic work and child care than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people helping out, which is 6.5 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 29.3% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 30.1% provide unpaid childcare, the 8.4% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
8.4% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Linthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31665/linthorpe/topic/community