27.9% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taggerty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taggerty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Taggerty volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong history of military service and a significant number of residents who provide unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.9% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 16.3% giving unpaid care and 30.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures far above the national average. Conversely, the 22.0% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.3% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
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.
Military service is more common in Taggerty than in most areas, with 5.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Taggerty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22419/taggerty/topic/community