10.4% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toongabbie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toongabbie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Toongabbie has shifted, with 27.9% of people now caring for children unpaid. This is a little above the national figure of 26.3%. While family care is common, other forms of community service and volunteering are less frequent here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people in Toongabbie volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common, with 27.9% of people doing so unpaid, which is a little above the state's 25.3%. However, the 9.2% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.2% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.0% of people having served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Toongabbie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13925/toongabbie/topic/community