12.9% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tooradin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tooradin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Tooradin provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support defines the community's participation, even though other types of volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 30.3% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the Victorian and Australian figures of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher than average 23.8% who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
13.6% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Tooradin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22546/tooradin/topic/community