11.3% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Picton - Tahmoor - Buxton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Picton - Tahmoor - Buxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Picton - Tahmoor - Buxton involves a high level of unpaid home and family work. While 29.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, the area has seen a drop in formal volunteering, which fell to 11.3% since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 5.1 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, with 24.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 29.2% caring for children, both of which are well above the national figures. General unpaid care is about the same as the state average at 12.3%.
12.3% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.7%
Lower than 54% 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 Picton - Tahmoor - Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/123031447/picton-tahmoor-buxton/topic/community