12.8% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taren Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taren Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 13.6% of people provide unpaid care in Taren Point, a figure that sits around the middle for its level. While a fair number of residents help out at home, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. At 12.8%, the rate is about the same as the New South Wales figure and a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 16.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Australian average. Meanwhile, 22.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure slightly above the national level.
13.6% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Taren Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13781/taren-point/topic/community