26.5% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Table Top · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Table Top
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Table Top volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where residents are highly active in unpaid work and supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.5% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is prevalent, as 32.4% of people care for children and 28.2% spend 15 or more hours on housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. However, the 11.8% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most similar areas.
11.8% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 3.5%. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Table Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13737/table-top/topic/community