14.3% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leichhardt · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Leichhardt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25% of people in Leichhardt provide unpaid child care, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While these rates are a little below the state and national figures, the area stands out for its relatively high number of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This level of participation has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 10% of people providing general unpaid care and 18.3% doing over 15 hours of housework. Those caring for children unpaid also fell to 25.0%, a drop of 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
10.0% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
A much higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above the national figure and about the same as the Queensland average.
4.0%
Higher than 83% of federal electorate 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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED318/leichhardt/topic/community