20.0% ▲ +65.1%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lyndhurst · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lyndhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Lyndhurst volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community has a strong habit of giving their time, with volunteering figures rising significantly since 2011. Other forms of unpaid care and work are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Lyndhurst, with 20.0% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and has risen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has generally declined here, with only 10.7% of people providing unpaid care. This includes 20.0% caring for children unpaid and 22.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are lower than most areas.
10.7% ▼ -35.8%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Lyndhurst than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.3%
Higher than 81% 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 Lyndhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122081/lyndhurst/topic/community