9.1% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tamworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Tamworth than in other similar areas, with only 8.5% of residents doing so. This trend extends across most forms of community support and service, making it a place where residents are much less likely to volunteer or care for others compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of people in Tamworth volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% national figure and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very low here, with only 12.8% of people caring for children and 9.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
8.5% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.8% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
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.
None of the residents in Tamworth have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most other areas and a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13762/tamworth/topic/community