25.1% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Temora · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Temora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 7.6 percentage points since 2011, yet Temora remains a place where people give back. About 25.1% of the population still volunteers, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people volunteer here, a rate much higher than most other areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are much more common here than in most areas, at 13.9%. This sits alongside a higher than usual 23.9% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
13.9% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 slightly higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to the rest of the state, with 3.4% of residents having served.
3.4%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) 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 Temora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17350/temora/topic/community