18.0% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toolamba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toolamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Toolamba has remained active, with a particularly high rate of people providing unpaid care. About 35% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This suggests a community where many people balance home-based support with other activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18% 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 work is very frequent in Toolamba. Around 35.1% of people care for children unpaid, and 26.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
14.6% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 slightly more common here than in the rest of Victoria, with 3% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Toolamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22534/toolamba/topic/community