14.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torrington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Torrington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Torrington involves a high level of home-based effort, with 29.3% of people spending 15 or more hours on unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While few people here provide unpaid childcare, many others contribute through volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 10.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. However, people doing significant housework are much more common here than in most other areas.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of residents having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Torrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13937/torrington/topic/community