17.8% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torquay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Torquay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Torquay provide unpaid childcare, which is a much higher rate than in most other areas. This high level of family care sits alongside a strong culture of volunteering and a commitment to housework that exceeds the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common for 35.3% of residents, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Housework is also more frequent here than in the rest of the country, while 12.7% of people provide other types of unpaid care, about the same as the state average.
12.7% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.0% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Torquay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22551/torquay/topic/community