20.6% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarcutta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarcutta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high level of local involvement defines Tarcutta, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in most other areas. About 20.6% of the community volunteers, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life in Tarcutta, where 15.9% provide unpaid care and 26.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid stand at 26%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
15.9% ▲ +43.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% for New South Wales and the 2.8% across Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Tarcutta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13778/tarcutta/topic/community