11.1% ▼ -68.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tooleybuc · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tooleybuc
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.1% of people in Tooleybuc (L) now volunteer, a sharp drop from 34.5% in 2011. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure. Local involvement in unpaid work and care has also generally declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Tooleybuc (L) has fallen by 23 points since 2011. At 11.1%, this is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and housework are both much lower here than in most areas, with children's care at 18.3% and housework at 16.8%. However, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care rose to 11.1% since 2011, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.1% ▲ +53.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre 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 Tooleybuc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122135/tooleybuc/topic/community