10.2% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Tamworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12% of people in South Tamworth provide unpaid care, which is the most common form of community contribution here. This figure is about the same as the national average, though other forms of volunteering and unpaid work are much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon in South Tamworth, with only 10.2% of people helping out. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 22.5%, and only 18.4% of residents spend 15 hours or more on housework. Both figures are a little below the New South Wales average.
12.0% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality 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 South Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13613/south-tamworth/topic/community