8.8% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in community spirit marks Tarro, where only 8.8% of residents volunteer. This is well below the national figure and among the lowest rates for similar areas. While formal volunteering is low, other forms of service and care are more common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of people in Tarro volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 13% and the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest levels of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.6% of people providing care—a little above the national figure. About 25.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is around the middle for its level.
13.6% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 more frequent here than in most areas. At 3.4%, the proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Tarro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13786/tarro/topic/community