55.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loddon Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Loddon Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Loddon Vale volunteer their time, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This spirit of helping out extends to the home, where half of the residents provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 55% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Half of the residents provide unpaid care, far above the 11.9% national figure. This includes 45% of people caring for children unpaid, which is also far above the national average.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure slightly below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Loddon Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21530/loddon-vale/topic/community