14.3% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tweed Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Tweed Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people provide unpaid care in Tweed Valley compared to the rest of the state. While 13.3% of the community look after others without pay, the number of people volunteering for local causes has dropped to 14.3% since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is about the same as the national average, though it has fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.3% of people providing care, a little above the state and national figures. This is alongside a higher than usual 22.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
13.3% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Defence service is more common in Tweed Valley than in most other areas, with 3.6% of people having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Tweed Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11203/tweed-valley/topic/community