14.7% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tallawang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tallawang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Tallawang involves a high level of unpaid work and family support. More than a third of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community where family care and household duties are a major part of the routine.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people in Tallawang volunteer their time, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little above the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 33.6% of people caring for children and 32.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the state and national averages. Additionally, 16.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above most other areas.
16.4% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales average.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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).
More for Tallawang
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Tallawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13746/tallawang/topic/community