27.5% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longueville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Longueville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of volunteering is found in Longueville, where 27.5% of residents give their time to others. This area shows a strong pattern of community and family support, with high levels of unpaid care and household work compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.5% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving unpaid care is much more common than in most areas; 16.2% provide care, and 30.8% look after children. This aligns with a higher rate of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, at 28.0%.
16.2% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 2.0%. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Longueville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12394/longueville/topic/community