18.9% ▼ -36.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tungamah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tungamah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Tungamah, with nearly 19% of residents volunteering. This level of participation is well above the national figure, reflecting a local spirit of giving back that is higher than across both Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of people in Tungamah 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.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing unpaid care—a figure well above the national average. This includes 28.7% of residents who care for children unpaid, which is higher than most other areas.
15.2% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% having served, well above the 2.0% figure for Victoria.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Tungamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22587/tungamah/topic/community