9.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarwin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarwin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of the people in Tarwin provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While this area sees a very high rate of unpaid care, other forms of community contribution and service are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 18.2% of people providing support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by childcare, which is provided by 50% of the population, though only 15.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
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, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Tarwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22464/tarwin/topic/community