13.1% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leopold · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Leopold
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Leopold provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. While many residents are busy with family duties, others contribute through military service or volunteering. This mix of unpaid work and service shapes the local community's daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is about the same as the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.8% of people providing care and 23.1% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are a little above the national average, with child care being particularly high at 28.4%.
14.8% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and about the same as the Australian figure.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Leopold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21493/leopold/topic/community