14.0% ▼ -53.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leonora · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Leonora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in community involvement defines Leonora, where volunteering rates have plummeted by 16 percentage points since 2011. Only 14% of residents now volunteer, and there has been a similar downward trend in the number of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Leonora is now at 14%, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas; only 5.2% of people provide unpaid care, and those caring for children unpaid is far below the state figure at 18.1%. Similarly, just 14.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is among the lowest levels seen.
5.2% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.9%
Lower than 67% 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 Leonora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521031/leonora/topic/community