20.2% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Learmonth · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Learmonth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figures for volunteering and care, Learmonth is a place where people give a great deal of their time to others. About 20% of residents volunteer, and a high proportion of the community provides unpaid support to family and friends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This has grown steadily, rising 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Learmonth, as 29.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is seen alongside high rates of unpaid care for others, which rose to 18.4% by 2021.
18.4% ▲ +102.6%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▲ +50.4%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▲ +42.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.8%, this is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.8%
Higher than 87% 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 Learmonth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222041/learmonth/topic/community