19.1% ▼ -37.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tolga - West · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tolga - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Tolga - West (L) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This high level of home care reflects a broader local trend where residents are more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid support than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of the community volunteers, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. However, this is a drop of 11 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing care and 27.1% caring for children. The 28.6% who do heavy housework is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.6% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 5.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher 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 Tolga - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321105/tolga-west/topic/community