15.2% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Terrigal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Terrigal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Terrigal are now helping out at home and in the community than in previous years. Roughly 15% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure. The area also sees a higher than usual number of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Children are cared for unpaid by 27.9% of residents, a figure higher than most areas. Around 23.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
11.5% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Terrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13820/terrigal/topic/community