16.8% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Long Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Long Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Long Beach give their time to the community or have served their country than is typical for the state. The area is marked by a strong volunteering spirit, with 16.8% of residents helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, as 16.8% of people help out. This is a little above the Australian figure and well above the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the number of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the state average, 28.9% of residents do over 15 hours of housework a week, which is much higher than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
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.
Military service is very common in Long Beach. At 5.7%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most areas and well above the state figure.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Long Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12385/long-beach/topic/community