22.7% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Temora · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Temora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Temora volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is much higher than in the rest of the country. This strong spirit of giving is a standout feature of daily life here, with 22.7% of residents helping out in their spare time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Temora, where 22.7% of people help out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.2% of people providing care and 23.1% doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly, both slightly above the national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid (23.5%) are a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.2% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 3.3%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Temora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13799/temora/topic/community