32.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tenterden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tenterden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Tenterden volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid work, with high numbers of people caring for children and others in the home. It also has a strong connection to the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.3% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Tenterden, where 25.8% of people provide care, far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with high rates of people caring for children (32.3%) and doing significant housework (29.0%).
25.8% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much more common here than elsewhere, with 8.8% of people having served. This is well above the 2.8% national average and the 2.3% figure for New South Wales.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Tenterden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13806/tenterden/topic/community