11.6% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toronto · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toronto
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Toronto has shifted over the last decade, with a notable 3.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force. While a fair number of people provide unpaid care, the area sees much lower levels of volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of people in Toronto volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.9% of people providing it, well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. However, the 21.4% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.9% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Toronto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13936/toronto/topic/community