19.5% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Longford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people in Longford provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to supporting others through high rates of volunteering, unpaid domestic work, and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on significant unpaid roles, with 27.8% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly and 15% providing general unpaid care, both well above national levels.
15.0% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.8% of people having served in the Defence Force compared to just 2.0% in Victoria.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21536/longford/topic/community