10.8% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tootgarook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tootgarook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Tootgarook provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas. While many residents take on these caring roles at home, the area sees much lower levels of formal volunteering than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 23.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with a higher than usual 14.1% of the population providing general unpaid care.
14.1% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Tootgarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22550/tootgarook/topic/community