13.6% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laanecoorie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laanecoorie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service defines the community in Laanecoorie, where 4.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas. Other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and unpaid care, are generally lower than state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national rate at 14.8%, and only 9.9% of people provide unpaid care generally. However, 22.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
9.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.9%, which is a little above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Laanecoorie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21417/laanecoorie/topic/community