16.4% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leneva · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leneva
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Leneva than in the rest of Victoria. This community is also marked by a strong history of military service and a healthy rate of volunteering. Around 40.2% of residents care for children without pay, which is 14 percentage points above the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The number of people caring for children unpaid is among the highest for similar areas at 40.2%. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (22.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (12.0%) are both around the middle for this level.
12.0% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.2% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. At 6.2%, the share of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the rates for both Victoria and Australia.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Leneva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21488/leneva/topic/community