10.7% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tenambit · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tenambit
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Tenambit has seen a shift in focus, with a strong lean toward family and home care. While 15.4% of people provide unpaid care—a figure well above the national rate—formal volunteering is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.4% of people providing support, well above the state figure. This includes 28.4% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas.
15.4% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
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, with 4.0% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Tenambit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13802/tenambit/topic/community