19.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longlea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Longlea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Longlea since 2011. Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care for others and a high 19.5% of the community spend time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, 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.
Providing unpaid care is very common in Longlea, with 15.5% of people helping others and 35.9% caring for children. This is well above the state and national figures, while 28.2% of residents also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week.
15.5% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.3%, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Longlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21537/longlea/topic/community