19.4% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tewinga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tewinga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Tewinga spend a large amount of time on unpaid housework than in other similar areas. This is a community where 38.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and nearly one in five people volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.4% of people helping out. This is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the state average. Unpaid care for others sits at 11.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.9% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.8% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 38.8%
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.
Defence service is very common in Tewinga, where 9.5% of people have served. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
9.5%
Higher than 95% 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 Tewinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13823/tewinga/topic/community