23.0% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Talarm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Talarm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Talarm, where 23% of residents give their time to help others. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and reflects a community that is more active in local service than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23% of people in Talarm volunteer, which is well above the Australian national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care and 26.3% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above the state average. However, the 20.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.1% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Around 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Talarm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13743/talarm/topic/community