17.8% ▼ -39.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tambar Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tambar Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Tambar Springs than the national figure. This community is more active in volunteering than most, with 17.8% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life here, as 15.1% of people provide this support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 17.8%.
15.1% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
About 1.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Tambar Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13759/tambar-springs/topic/community