28.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarnook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarnook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people volunteer in Tarnook, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a high level of community involvement in a place where residents are also more likely to have served in the Defence Force than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Tarnook sees a very high rate of volunteering at 28.9%. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 4.8% of people provide unpaid care—well below the national figure of 11.9%—more people do significant housework. About 26.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid chores, which is well above the 20.7% typical for Australia.
4.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population. This is higher than most areas and a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Tarnook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22452/tarnook/topic/community