17.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taroon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taroon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Taroon provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care defines the local community's contribution, while other forms of unpaid work and service are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 39.1%, which is far above the 26.3% typical for Victoria and Australia. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the national figure, and no one here provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
No residents in Taroon have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Taroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22453/taroon/topic/community