25.8% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarraganda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarraganda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Tarraganda than in most other areas. Around 25.8% of residents give their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit extends into the home through significant rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.8% of people helping out, a figure far above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas, with 29.4% of people spending 15 or more hours on housework. This trend is mirrored in care roles, as 15.4% provide unpaid care and 29.1% look after children unpaid, both well above the national figures.
15.4% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for Australia and New South Wales.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Tarraganda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13783/tarraganda/topic/community