22.9% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loddon - Elmore · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Loddon - Elmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Loddon - Elmore and the rest of the state when it comes to volunteering, with 22.9% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. While the area is very active in community work, this level of volunteering has fallen by 8.9 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 23% of people in Loddon - Elmore volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has some of the highest rates of unpaid care at 14.9%, slightly above the Victorian figure. While 25% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure—only 22.9% provide unpaid childcare, which is much lower than most areas.
14.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2% seen across Victoria and about the same as the national figure.
3.1%
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Loddon - Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20203/loddon-elmore/topic/community