25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longerenong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Longerenong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Longerenong than in most similar areas. One in four residents gives their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution defines the local community participation profile.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.0% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is quite common, as 16.7% of people provide this support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, this is not driven by children, as the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
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 less common than in most similar areas. About 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower 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 Longerenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21535/longerenong/topic/community