12.0% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tacoma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tacoma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Tacoma involves a high level of unpaid domestic and family responsibility. While formal volunteering is less common, a striking 34.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of people in Tacoma volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.6% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. This trend is seen across the board, as the number of people providing any unpaid care is well above the state and national figures.
14.9% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Tacoma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13739/tacoma/topic/community