13.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Torwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 43% of people in Torwood spend 15 hours or more a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. While volunteering is typical for the area, there is a very high rate of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 24.3% of people providing support, far above the national figure. This is a strong contrast to the 18.9% who care for children, which is well below both state and national levels.
24.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 43.2%
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.
No one in Torwood has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the Victorian and Australian averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Torwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22554/torwood/topic/community