35.1% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leongatha North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leongatha North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 22 percentage point gap separates Leongatha North from the Victorian average in community spirit. This area is exceptionally active, with 35.1% of people volunteering and a very high number of residents providing unpaid care for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.1% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 33.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 32.4% provide unpaid childcare, which is well above both the state and national rates of 26.3%.
13.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the Australian rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Leongatha North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21491/leongatha-north/topic/community