10.9% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Langford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Langford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Langford engage in formal community activities compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.9% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This trend of lower participation extends across volunteering, unpaid care, and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 10.9%, Langford sits well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the national figure at 26.0%. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than most areas at 17.2%.
9.8% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 1.7% of residents having served. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.9%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Langford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50833/langford/topic/community