15.0% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Little River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Little River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Little River provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. While some levels of volunteering and care are similar to national figures, more residents spend significant time on housework than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas but still a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is provided by 25% of residents, slightly below the national rate. However, 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the Victoria average of 20.1%.
13.2% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 1.6%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Little River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21520/little-river/topic/community