15.5% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuggeranong · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Tuggeranong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Tuggeranong provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This area sees high levels of community support, with many residents providing unpaid care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer, which is a little above the Australian average. This is a decrease from 2011, when 18.0% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care—a figure that rose 2.9 percentage points since 2011. This aligns with the high number of people caring for children unpaid, which at 31.2% is much higher than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 very common in Tuggeranong, where 5.8% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 92% 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 Tuggeranong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80107/tuggeranong/topic/community