30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tower Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tower Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Tower Hill volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of helping out is reflected in a high rate of unpaid work and housework, though very few residents provide formal unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Tower Hill are far above the national figure, with 30.3% of people helping out compared to just 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 25.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the 20.7% national average. This is alongside a higher than usual 28.8% of residents caring for children unpaid, though the 4.5% who provide other types of unpaid care is well below the national figure.
4.5% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and national rates.
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 Tower Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22562/tower-hill/topic/community