18.7% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leongatha South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leongatha South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in five people in Leongatha South volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with higher-than-average rates of volunteering and a notable number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.7% of residents volunteer their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 25.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.7% provide some form of unpaid care, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
12.7% ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average 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 Leongatha South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21492/leongatha-south/topic/community