13.5% ▼ -45.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Terara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Terara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid care than most other areas defines community life in Terara, where 16.2% of people provide such support. While volunteering is steady, the area stands out for its strong history of military service and a lower-than-usual number of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Terara, with 13.5% of residents pitching in. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life here, with 16.2% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 19.2%.
16.2% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Terara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13810/terara/topic/community