15.9% ▼ -55.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taylor Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taylor Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 14.5% of people in Taylor Bay have served in the Defence Force, which is far above the national figure. This community also shows a high level of unpaid care and housework, while volunteering rates sit slightly above the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.4% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly and 17.4% providing unpaid care, both well above the national figures. However, the 13.0% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.4% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas, sitting far above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
14.5%
Higher 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 Taylor Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22472/taylor-bay/topic/community