22.6% ▼ -44.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tatong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tatong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement than most similar areas define Tatong. Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer their time, and there is a strong trend of people taking on unpaid care and household roles. This spirit of service extends to the military, with more former Defence Force members here than in the typical Victorian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Tatong, where 22.6% of people give their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, with 33.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with high rates of unpaid care, including 29.9% of people caring for children.
15.4% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
A little above the national figure of 2.8%, 3.9% of people in Tatong have served in the Defence Force.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Tatong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22466/tatong/topic/community