13.0% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Townview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Townview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Townview compared to the rest of the country. While 29.9% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community support and volunteering are less common than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.0% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common at 29.9%, well above the 26.3% national average. However, this contrasts with other home duties, as the number of people providing general unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
7.3% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
About 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Townview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32868/townview/topic/community