14.9% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tallong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tallong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual contribute to the community in Tallong, especially through unpaid care and home work. While about 15% of residents volunteer, the most striking figure is that 31.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer here. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Tallong, with 14.5% of people providing care, which is well above the state average. This is consistent with a very high 31.4% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.5% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
A higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. This accounts for 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Tallong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13749/tallong/topic/community