13.1% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Templestowe Lower · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Templestowe Lower
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 27.3% of people in Templestowe Lower provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This suggests a local community heavily involved in family support and caregiving. While these care roles are common, other forms of community activity like volunteering are less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.8% of people providing care—well above the Australian figure of 11.9%. This is seen alongside 22.9% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the state average.
15.8% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 in this area, with 1.7% of people having served, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22484/templestowe-lower/topic/community