15.5% ▲ +25.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Long Beach - Maloneys Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Long Beach - Maloneys Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are pitching in through volunteering in Long Beach - Maloneys Beach than in 2011, with 15.5% of residents now giving their time. While a smaller share of the community cares for children unpaid, there is a notable trend toward more people spending significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown here, rising 3.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.5%. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 27.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the share of people caring for children unpaid has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 21.1%, well below the state average.
12.0% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Veterans are much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.7% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre 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 Long Beach - Maloneys Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121068/long-beach-maloneys-beach/topic/community