13.0% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Templestowe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Templestowe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little above the national figure, 14.6% of Templestowe residents provide unpaid care. While this is higher than most similar areas, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.0% of people in Templestowe volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.6% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is around the middle for its level. This sits alongside a higher than usual 14.6% of people providing other unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.3% of people having served, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.3%
Lower 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 Templestowe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22483/templestowe/topic/community