15.9% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Little River · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Little River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Little River is marked by a high proportion of people spending significant time on unpaid housework. While 15.9% of residents volunteer, the area sees a much smaller share of people caring for children compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is slightly down from 2011, when 16.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher share of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than the national figure, reaching 30.5%. In contrast, those caring for children are well below the national figure at 21.0%, a sharp drop from 35.7% in 2011.
12.0% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
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 much less common here than in most areas, with 2.2% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
2.2%
Lower 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 Little River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222045/little-river/topic/community