18.7% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Torquay - Jan Juc · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Torquay - Jan Juc
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer and provide childcare in Torquay - Jan Juc than in most similar areas. While 18.7% of residents volunteer, a striking 35% provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is higher than in most areas at 18.7%, though this is 4.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 35% of people helping out—a figure that has risen 5.4 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 24.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 12.6% providing general unpaid care.
12.6% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas.
2.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Torquay - Jan Juc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212007/torquay-jan-juc/topic/community