20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Towitta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Towitta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher volunteering rates than most similar areas mark Towitta as a place where people pitch in. Around 20% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people volunteer here, a rate that is well above both the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Half of the residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, no one in the area provides unpaid care for those with disabilities or elderly needs.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state average of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Towitta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41470/towitta/topic/community