24.5% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Larpent · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Larpent
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Larpent, where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer. This community shows far higher rates of unpaid work and volunteering than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.5% of people giving their time. This is far above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 38.7% of people caring for children and 32.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national average. However, the 9.0% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.0% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.7% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
Defence service is more common in Larpent than in most areas, with 3.2% of the population having served, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Larpent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21471/larpent/topic/community