19.4% ▼ -32.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Loch Sport · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Loch Sport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Loch Sport volunteer their time, though this is a drop from 28.7% back in 2011. The area shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of unpaid care and a notable number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 28.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 15.8% of people provide care and 26.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid have fallen sharply since 2011 to just 8.3%, which is far below the state and national average of 26.3%.
15.8% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.3% ▼ -70.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
A much higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 5.5%, this is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 84% 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 Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221043/loch-sport/topic/community