17.5% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tonimbuk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tonimbuk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and volunteering set Tonimbuk apart from the rest of the country. Around 17.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community is notably active in supporting others through both formal and informal roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Tonimbuk, as 16.5% of people provide this support, which is well above the national figure. This includes 27.5% of people caring for children, a rate higher than most areas.
16.5% ▲ +37.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Tonimbuk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22531/tonimbuk/topic/community