11.9% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tharbogang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tharbogang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Tharbogang has remained steady over the last decade, though it differs from other regions in how people give their time. While few people volunteer, a higher than usual number of residents provide unpaid care for others. This suggests a local focus on family and personal support over formal community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people in Tharbogang volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.9% of people providing it, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas, at 17.5%.
14.9% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Tharbogang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13826/tharbogang/topic/community