21.3% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Linden · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Linden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 21% of people in Linden volunteer their time, a figure far higher than the national average. This community is marked by a high level of unpaid work and a strong commitment to helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.3% of residents helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%. This trend has risen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very prevalent, as 30.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, among the highest rates for similar areas. This is alongside a high rate of unpaid carers (17.4%) and 27.4% of people caring for children, a figure that rose 11 points since 2011.
17.4% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
Only 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest levels for similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 91% of urban centre 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 Linden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122079/linden/topic/community