17.6% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Telegraph Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Telegraph Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Telegraph Point than in most similar areas. This community is very active, with 17.6% of residents volunteering and a high number of people managing housework and caregiving at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 15.8% providing care and 26.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both well above the national figures. This is consistent with the 27.9% of residents who care for children without pay, which is higher than most areas.
15.8% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
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. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Telegraph Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13796/telegraph-point/topic/community