20.4% ▼ -34.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torryburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Torryburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer their time in Torryburn than in most similar areas. About 20.4% of residents give their time to a cause, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a community with a strong culture of helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.4% of people helping out, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.1% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework—slightly above the national figure—the rate of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 18.5%. Unpaid care for others is provided by 11.1% of residents, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
11.1% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Torryburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13938/torryburn/topic/community