21.9% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tenterfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tenterfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people pitch in through volunteering in Tenterfield than in the rest of the state. About 21.9% of residents volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the local spirit of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.9% of people helping out. This is well 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.
Unpaid care is a common part of life, with 14.5% of people providing care and 26.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. However, the 18.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
14.5% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 much higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.3%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13807/tenterfield/topic/community