34.4% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tumby Bay · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Tumby Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Tumby Bay volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement shapes daily life, though the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.4% of residents volunteer, a rate far above the South Australian figure of 17% and among the highest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure. Unpaid care for others has also risen to 15.1%, while those caring for children sit at 25.8%, about the same as the state average.
15.1% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 3.8% of the population, which is much higher than in most other areas.
3.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47910/tumby-bay/topic/community