21.7% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tresco · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tresco
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the national figure defines community life in Tresco. While only 14.1% of people across Australia volunteer, more than one in five people here do the same. This strong local engagement is mirrored in other ways people contribute to their community and families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.7% of residents helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life, as 15.2% of people provide this support, which is well above the national rate. Interestingly, while more people provide general care, those caring for children unpaid (21.0%) are well below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.2% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
The area has a strong connection to the military, with 4.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Tresco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22579/tresco/topic/community