20.9% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Labertouche · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Labertouche
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Labertouche, where 20.9% of people volunteer. This rate of community contribution is well above the Victorian and national figures, reflecting a place where residents are highly active in supporting one another.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 20.9% of people in Labertouche volunteer their time, which is higher than most areas and well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This trend extends to general care, as 14.3% provide unpaid care, which is a little above the 11.9% figure for Australia.
14.3% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Only 1.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Labertouche [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21419/labertouche/topic/community