28.7% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tallandoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tallandoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people volunteer in Tallandoon, a rate far above the national figure. This level of community involvement is much higher than most similar areas. The area also has a strong history of military service and a high rate of unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national average and the 13.3% figure for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 30% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Other forms of unpaid care, such as looking after children or providing general care, are about the same as the state and national averages.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Defence service is very common in Tallandoon, with 9.6% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
9.6%
Higher than 95% 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 Tallandoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22425/tallandoon/topic/community