11.3% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi involves a high level of home and family responsibility. While 28.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, volunteering for community groups is much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do unpaid work at home than in most areas, with 24.3% spending 15 or more hours on housework and 28.8% caring for children. This is well above the New South Wales figures for both activities.
12.3% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102021047/chittaway-bay-tumbi-umbi/topic/community