31.8% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarwin Lower · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarwin Lower
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Tarwin Lower volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of helping out is reflected in high rates of both formal volunteering and unpaid work within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.8% of residents giving their time. 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.
Unpaid work is a big part of daily life, as 30.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is also higher than most areas at 14.5%, while 26% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
14.5% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22465/tarwin-lower/topic/community