34.6% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tammin · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Tammin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Tammin volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as a defining feature of the area, where 34.6% of residents help others without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and has risen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure a little above the national average—those doing unpaid childcare and housework are much fewer than in most areas. Both childcare and housework rates have fallen sharply since 2011.
13.3% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 1.0% of the population having done so. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 97% 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 Tammin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58190/tammin/topic/community