23.7% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Loch volunteer their time, making it a community where giving back is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of participation is reflected in a high proportion of residents who take on unpaid care and housework roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.7% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 15.9% who provide unpaid care, a figure much higher than most areas.
15.9% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
Just 1.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Loch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21523/loch/topic/community