13.4% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarrawanna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarrawanna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Tarrawanna involves a high level of unpaid support, with 15.2% of people providing unpaid care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%. While volunteering is less common than in other areas, many residents dedicate significant time to supporting their families and households.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the New South Wales rate. This is consistent with a higher proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, at 24.3%, which is well above the Australian figure.
15.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Around 2.6% of the community has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Tarrawanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13784/tarrawanna/topic/community