9.9% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tahmoor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tahmoor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap in community involvement marks Tahmoor, where unpaid family responsibilities are very common but formal volunteering is rare. While 30.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure—only 9.9% of residents volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 9.9%, the rate is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents manage heavy workloads at home, with 30.4% caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national average. This is alongside 24.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
12.2% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 Force service is typical for this region. About 2.1% of people have served, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Tahmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13742/tahmoor/topic/community