17.2% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toongabbie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toongabbie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Toongabbie (Vic.) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is much higher than most other areas. This high level of domestic work is mirrored in child care, with 29.9% of residents caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Almost 30% of people provide unpaid child care, a rate well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Unpaid care for others is around the middle for its level at 12.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.6% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.8% of people having served. This is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Toongabbie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22543/toongabbie/topic/community