18.7% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toorak · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toorak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Toorak provide unpaid care than in most similar areas. This community sees a high level of volunteerism, with 18.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 19% of people here volunteer, a figure that sits well above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.2% of residents provide unpaid care—higher than most areas—far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (20.1%) or do 15 or more hours of housework (17.4%) compared to national levels.
14.2% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
About 2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state average.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Toorak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22547/toorak/topic/community