13.4% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leinster · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Leinster
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 35.7% of people in Leinster (L) provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While child care is common, other forms of community work and volunteering have dropped significantly in recent years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply here, dropping 18 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Conversely, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are among the lowest in the country.
5.1% ▼ -47.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% ▲ +50.6%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Leinster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522042/leinster/topic/community