24.0% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Timboon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Timboon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to volunteering in Timboon than in most similar areas. Roughly 24% of the community volunteers, which is far above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This high level of community spirit stands out as the main feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people volunteer here, a figure that is well above the national rate of 14.1% and far higher than the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more common here than in the rest of the state, with 24.6% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. Meanwhile, 24.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure.
11.4% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
About 2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the Victorian average and lower than most other areas.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Timboon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22516/timboon/topic/community