8.2% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tallawong · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 37.3% of people in Tallawong provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. While child care is common, other forms of community contribution and service are much lower than in most areas.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
8.2% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is very common, only 7.6% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national figure. About 21% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, similar to the rest of the country.
7.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, which is a little below the state and national figures.
1.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Tallawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13747/tallawong/topic/community