33.8% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Longwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Longwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Longwood, where a striking 33.8% of residents volunteer. This level of participation is far above the national figure and highlights a highly active local spirit.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 33.8% of people in Longwood volunteer, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is 20 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20.2% of people providing care and 28.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 25% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the state average.
20.2% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Longwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21540/longwood/topic/community