18.5% ▼ -43.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tantawangalo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tantawangalo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving shapes daily life in Tantawangalo, where 18.5% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Local involvement is a key feature of the area, with a high number of residents dedicating their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about 24.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, similar to the state average, 31.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Conversely, the 9.6% providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.6% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 number of people have served in the Defence Force here, at 4.5%, which is a little above the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Tantawangalo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13768/tantawangalo/topic/community