13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tooloon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tooloon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Tooloon provide unpaid care compared to other similar areas. While about 13.9% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, other forms of community and home support are much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of the community volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but sits about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0.0% of people providing such support, which is far below the national figure. Similarly, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid (19.4%) and doing significant housework (19.4%) are both much lower than in most other areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
No one in Tooloon has served in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most similar areas and a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Tooloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13923/tooloon/topic/community