36.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Tooloom · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Tooloom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Upper Tooloom volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This spirit of helping out is seen in the high rates of unpaid care and housework, though very few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 36.5% of people volunteer here, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%. This is among the highest rates for any similar area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 23.1% of people providing support—far above the Australian average of 11.9%. While 26.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 19.2% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
23.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
No one in Upper Tooloom has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Upper Tooloom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14064/upper-tooloom/topic/community