11.9% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Largs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Largs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Largs compared to most similar areas. While few residents volunteer, a large proportion of the community spends significant time caring for children and managing the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people in Largs volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 33.7% of people caring for children unpaid—well above the 26.3% national figure. This sits alongside higher than usual rates of people providing general unpaid care (14.4%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (25.4%).
14.4% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality 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 Largs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12287/largs/topic/community