8.6% ▼ -68.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toolleen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toolleen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Toolleen perform 15 or more hours of unpaid housework every week. This is the most common form of community contribution in the area, though overall volunteer rates are quite low compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.6% of residents helping out, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.7% of people do significant unpaid housework—well above the Victorian figure of 20.1%—those providing unpaid care for others are much fewer here at 6.9%. Unpaid childcare is also lower than most areas at 20.7%.
6.9% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served, slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Toolleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22538/toolleen/topic/community