8.5% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leumeah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leumeah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Leumeah has shifted since 2011, with only 8.5% of people now volunteering. This low rate of unpaid community work is one of the most striking features of the area's social profile. Most residents focus their unpaid efforts on home and family rather than organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of residents in Leumeah volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. However, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are less common here than in most other areas.
10.9% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2% of the population, which is lower than most other areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Leumeah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12317/leumeah/topic/community