14.6% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds have dropped significantly since 2011, falling by 5.7 percentage points to 14.6%. This shift comes alongside a general decline in unpaid care and housework, though the area still sees a high level of people managing homes. It remains a place with a stronger-than-average connection to the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people care for children unpaid here than in most other areas, at 20.9%. However, 29.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
13.0% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
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 higher than average 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108011153/forster-tuncurry-surrounds/topic/community