23.6% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tallarook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tallarook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in four people in Tallarook volunteer their time, a rate far above the state average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong presence of former Defence Force members. Residents here are more likely than those in most other areas to give back through unpaid work and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Tallarook, with 23.6% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a regular part of life here; 14.4% of people provide unpaid care and 27.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. However, the 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
14.4% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2% seen across Victoria.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Tallarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22430/tallarook/topic/community