18.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tangney · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Tangney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than most other areas marks Tangney, where 18.5% of people give their time. This community is more active than the national average and shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Tangney, as 30.4% of people care for children, which is well above the Australian average. Meanwhile, 11.8% provide other unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
11.8% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for areas of this type, with 2.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.5%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate 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 Tangney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED515/tangney/topic/community