17.9% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tongala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tongala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines the community spirit in Tongala. Nearly 18% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.9% of people in Tongala volunteer, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 28.7% of people providing unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure. This is alongside 22.2% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
12.1% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 common at a rate of 2.2%, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Tongala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22528/tongala/topic/community