10.5% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Leonards · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Leonards
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.5% of people in St Leonards volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This community sees significantly lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering compared to both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with 10.5% of residents helping out, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas, with only 5.2% of people providing unpaid care. This trend continues across the home, as those doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.6%) and those caring for children (17.3%) are both well below the national figures.
5.2% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13657/st-leonards/topic/community