34.8% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Talgomine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Talgomine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 35% of people in Talgomine volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.8% of residents volunteer their time, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common here, with 39.1% of people providing unpaid childcare, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 28.5%. However, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 Talgomine has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates for Western Australia and Australia.
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 Talgomine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51426/talgomine/topic/community