39.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tootool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tootool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 39.1% of people volunteer in Tootool, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is seen across unpaid care and military service, making the area much more active in these roles than most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39.1% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, with 37% caring for children and 19.6% providing other unpaid care, both far above state and national levels. Additionally, 26.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
19.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Military service is much more common in Tootool than elsewhere, with 13% of people having served in the Defence Force, far above the 2.8% average for Australia.
13.0%
Higher 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 Tootool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13933/tootool/topic/community