30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarra Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarra Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 30.4% of people volunteer in Tarra Valley, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents are significantly more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in three people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and 13.3% for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common, with 31.9% of people doing so unpaid, and 29% spending 15 or more hours on housework—both well above national levels. However, only 7.2% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
7.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Tarra Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22454/tarra-valley/topic/community