9.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taylor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taylor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Taylor than in the rest of the territory, though unpaid family duties are very common. While only 9.4% of residents volunteer, a huge 41.5% of the community provides unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of people in Taylor volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and far lower than the 18.4% seen across the ACT.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 41.5% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far above the national average of 26.3%. However, this doesn't extend to other care; those providing general unpaid care are at 7.9%, well below the 11.9% national figure.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
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 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Taylor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80122/taylor/topic/community