13.1% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taree South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taree South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people in Taree South provide unpaid support for others in their daily lives. While volunteering is relatively uncommon, many residents spend significant time on unpaid care and household duties. This is especially true for the 16.6% who provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than in most other areas. This figure is about the same as the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. While 16.6% provide unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 19.0%, which is well below the New South Wales average.
16.6% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
The area has a higher rate of military service than most other places. Around 3.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for both the state and the nation.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Taree South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13780/taree-south/topic/community