21.3% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Talbot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Talbot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Talbot volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work, from local volunteering to caring for others. It also has a notably high number of former service members compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, with 21.0% providing care and 29.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the state and national figures. In contrast, the 15.0% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national average of 26.3%.
21.0% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 4.6%, this is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Talbot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22423/talbot/topic/community