12.2% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toogoom · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toogoom
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of residents in Toogoom do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well above the national figure. While housework is common, the area has a much higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12.2% of people helping out, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a mixed story: while 14.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national rate, the 21.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the state average.
14.5% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 people in Toogoom have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.4% of residents having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Toogoom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32845/toogoom/topic/community