20.7% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuerong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tuerong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back is a common part of daily life in Tuerong, where 20.7% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a community that is much more active in unpaid work than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid duties, with 30.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework—far above the state figure of 20.1%. This trend is seen alongside higher rates of people caring for children (27.7%) and those providing other unpaid care (14.3%).
14.3% ▲ +80.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher 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 Tuerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22584/tuerong/topic/community