11.1% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toorloo Arm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toorloo Arm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low rates of community involvement define Toorloo Arm, where only 11.1% of people volunteer. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits below the national figure. The area also shows a marked gap in child care, with far fewer people providing unpaid care for children compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very low at 19.6%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 22.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, slightly above the Victorian rate of 20.1%.
11.9% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 1.0% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Toorloo Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22548/toorloo-arm/topic/community