22.1% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torrens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Torrens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 33% of people in Torrens provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in supporting others, with strong rates of volunteering and unpaid care. It is a place where a significant number of residents give their time to family and the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 18.4% seen across the ACT and far higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Alongside high volunteer rates, 14.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas. This includes 22.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure well above the ACT's 19.3%.
14.9% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 notable 4.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. While this is much higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian average, it is a little below the ACT's 6.0%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80126/torrens/topic/community