20.3% ▼ -48.6%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Talbot · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Talbot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Talbot volunteer, a figure well above the national average. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the area still shows high levels of community and family support. This is seen in the high number of residents providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of people volunteer here, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this has fallen sharply from 39.5% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 18.3% of people providing care, well above the 11.9% Australian figure. Similarly, 31.1% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, though far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the state.
18.3% ▲ +43.3%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 4.8% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Talbot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222088/talbot/topic/community