14.5% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tyers · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tyers
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 28.3% of people in Tyers provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most other similar areas. This community sees a high level of unpaid work at home, though volunteering is less common than in many other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the national average and slightly above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Unpaid care for children (28.3%) and general unpaid care (14.3%) are also both a little above the state and national levels.
14.3% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Tyers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22596/tyers/topic/community