24.2% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Learmonth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Learmonth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Learmonth volunteer, reflecting a community that is far more active in unpaid work than the national average. This spirit of helping out is seen across the board, from local volunteering to significant levels of care for family and children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.2% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 30.7% caring for children, both of which are far above most other areas.
19.3% ▲ +60.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
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.
A little more than twice as many people have served in the Defence Force here, at 4.0%, compared to the 2.0% in Victoria.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Learmonth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21482/learmonth/topic/community