15.8% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tennyson Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tennyson Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 26.3% of people in Tennyson Point spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This reflects a community where many residents contribute significant time to home and family duties. Most people here engage with their community through care and domestic work rather than formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing care is common here, with 27.0% of people caring for children unpaid and 12.8% providing other types of unpaid care, both slightly above state levels.
12.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Only 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13805/tennyson-point/topic/community