34.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tenandra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tenandra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of helping out defines daily life in Tenandra, where 34.6% of people volunteer. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, making it one of the most active areas for community support at this level.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.6% of people here volunteer their time, which is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 28.8% of people providing care and 36.5% caring for children, both figures far above the national average. Interestingly, the 17.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure.
28.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tenandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13803/tenandra/topic/community