20.2% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leura · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure of 14.1%, about 20.2% of people in Leura volunteer their time. This level of community involvement is higher than most similar areas. It marks Leura as a place where residents are particularly active in supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly one in five residents (20.2%) volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of people provide unpaid care—slightly above the national figure—much fewer residents care for children unpaid (18.5%) compared to the 26.3% across Australia. However, 26.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.2% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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).
More for Leura
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Leura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12318/leura/topic/community