23.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarriaro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarriaro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Tarriaro, where a high proportion of people give their time to others. Local volunteering is particularly striking, with 23.3% of residents helping out, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of people in Tarriaro volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the national figure, 29.1% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%. Overall, those providing unpaid care are a little above the national figure at 14.0%.
14.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.7% of residents having served, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Tarriaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13785/tarriaro/topic/community