18.7% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lyndoch · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lyndoch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Lyndoch provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high level of family care is a defining feature of the local community, though overall volunteer rates have dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Despite this, the share of people volunteering fell by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 31% of people helping out, well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Meanwhile, 12.8% of residents provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.8% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
A higher than usual 5.4% of people in Lyndoch have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the South Australian figure of 3.2% and the national rate of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 83% 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 Lyndoch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415022/lyndoch/topic/community