9.5% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toukley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toukley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Toukley volunteer compared to most similar areas. Only 9.5% of residents do volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This lower level of community involvement stands in contrast to a higher-than-average number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people providing unpaid care is 12.3%, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those caring for children unpaid (20.7%) are well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.3% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the state 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 Toukley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13943/toukley/topic/community