8.4% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarneit · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarneit
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Tarneit volunteer compared to other areas, though childcare is a major focus. Only 8.4% of residents do volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. However, the area stands out for the high number of people providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 8.4% of residents participating. This is well below the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 37.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national average of 26.3%. In contrast, only 8.7% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is well below the 11.9% seen across Australia.
8.7% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 less common here than in most areas. Just 0.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.0% across Victoria.
0.7%
Lower than 69% 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 Tarneit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22451/tarneit/topic/community