21.3% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taradale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taradale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state average, 21.3% of people in Taradale volunteer their time to the community. This high level of local engagement stands out against a national figure of 14.1%. It marks the area as a place where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure. This rate is higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care and 28.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the state and national figures. However, the 17.9% of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than the 26.3% typical for Australia.
14.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population. This is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Taradale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22447/taradale/topic/community