3.2% ▼ -84.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Looma · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Looma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people have volunteered in Looma recently, but the number of residents providing unpaid care has grown since 2011. While only 3.2% of people now volunteer, a very high 38.5% of the community are looking after children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in Looma, falling 17 points since 2011 to just 3.2%. This is far below the state figure of 15.9% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 38.5% of people caring for children—a figure well above the 26.3% national average. Housework and general unpaid care are also more frequent than usual, with 24.7% doing 15 or more hours of cleaning and chores weekly.
11.0% ▲ +76.6%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.5% ▲ +88.5%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 Looma has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Looma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522043/looma/topic/community