13.0% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leopold · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Leopold
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care define the community in Leopold, where 14.6% of people provide unpaid care for others. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a growing trend in the area. While care roles are common, volunteering is less frequent than in other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 13.0% since 2011, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little above the national rate at 28.9%, a figure that has risen since 2011. General unpaid care is also higher than most areas, while 22.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.6% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 Force veterans make up 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.1%
Lower than 62% 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 Leopold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213009/leopold/topic/community