19.6% ▼ -38.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toora · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Toora, where nearly 20% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure. Residents here are more likely than most to spend their time supporting others through unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent in Toora, with 15.1% of people providing care and 26.1% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well above national figures. However, the 20.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
15.1% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
About 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and about the same as the Australian average.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Toora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22544/toora/topic/community