0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Long Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Long Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost half of the people in Long Plain provide unpaid child care, a figure far above the national average. While family responsibilities are high, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are very low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering, which is far below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid home duties are common, with 32.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%. This aligns with the 46.4% who provide unpaid child care, which is far above the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with no residents having served in the Defence Force.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12388/long-plain/topic/community