12.6% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Langwarrin South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Langwarrin South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Langwarrin South than in the rest of the country. This is most evident in the 32.1% of residents who look after children without pay, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 12.6% of the community volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 15.4% of people providing care and 24.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the Victorian and national averages.
15.4% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 1.7% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Langwarrin South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21468/langwarrin-south/topic/community