20.5% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toolangi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toolangi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Toolangi volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community is highly active in giving their time, whether through formal volunteering or managing significant unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment for many, as 29.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, a figure well above the Victorian average. Meanwhile, 27.1% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national rate.
12.0% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.1%
Higher 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 Toolangi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22536/toolangi/topic/community