13.4% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longwarry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Longwarry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 30.3% of people in Longwarry provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high rate of family care defines the community's participation patterns. While other forms of service and volunteering are more common, the focus here is heavily on the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 13.8% of people helping others. This is driven by the high number of people caring for children, though those spending 15 or more hours on housework (21.3%) are less common than in most areas.
13.8% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 seen in 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the Victorian figure and around the middle for areas of this type.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Longwarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21538/longwarry/topic/community