17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toolamba West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toolamba West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Toolamba West than in other parts of the country, with 38.1% of residents doing so. This high level of home-based care defines a community that is significantly more active in domestic support and volunteering than the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area sees a high amount of unpaid work, with 32.1% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is consistent with the very high rate of unpaid childcare, which sits 12 points above the state and national averages.
13.1% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 32.1%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
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 Toolamba West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22535/toolamba-west/topic/community