16.6% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leeton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leeton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Leeton volunteer than in most similar areas, with 16.6% of the community giving their time. This rate is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. Other forms of community support and service follow a similar pattern of being slightly above or around the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people in Leeton volunteer, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This puts the area around the middle for its level compared to similar regions.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. While unpaid care for others is about the same as the national average, 19.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than most areas.
12.2% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Leeton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12302/leeton/topic/community