24.0% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tatura East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tatura East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their time to others in Tatura East than in most similar areas. Nearly one quarter of residents volunteer, and over a third provide unpaid childcare, showing a strong local commitment to community and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.0% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is focused on children, with 35.6% of residents providing this support, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia and Victoria. Meanwhile, 24.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, but those providing other types of unpaid care are fewer than in most areas.
11.5% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.6% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 both the Victorian and national averages.
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 Tatura East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22468/tatura-east/topic/community