22.6% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tallangatta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tallangatta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and military service make Tallangatta stand out compared to most similar areas. About 22.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is a key feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.6% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more common than the national figure at 23.8%. However, people caring for children unpaid (23.0%) is well below the Victorian and Australian average of 26.3%.
13.4% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 much more common here than in most areas. Around 5.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2% recorded for Victoria.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Tallangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22426/tallangatta/topic/community