12.5% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tennyson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation in unpaid work and community service has shifted over the years in Tennyson, where a high proportion of residents now handle domestic duties. While volunteering is less common than in other areas, there is a notable presence of former Defence Force members. This creates a community profile where private care and service often take precedence over formal volunteer roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher-than-usual 27.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, well above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%. This is consistent with 13.8% of people providing some form of unpaid care, which is a little above both the state and national averages.
13.8% ▲ +41.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 common here than in most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served, a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13804/tennyson/topic/community