21.6% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toolong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toolong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of Toolong residents provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community with very high levels of unpaid care and volunteering. This local commitment is evident in the numbers, with far more people stepping up to help others compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Toolong, where 35.1% of people care for children and 18.9% provide other unpaid care. These figures are well above the state and national averages, which include 28.4% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
18.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 reported serving in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Victoria figure of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Toolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22541/toolong/topic/community