19.4% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loch Sport · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loch Sport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Loch Sport volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and service, with a notably high number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of people volunteer here, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 8.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national rate of 26.3%—unpaid care is common in other ways. A much higher than usual 15.8% of people provide unpaid care, and 26.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
15.8% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.3% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.0% of residents having served, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21524/loch-sport/topic/community