20.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tichborne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tichborne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people provide unpaid childcare in Tichborne, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where people are highly active in supporting others, both through family care and local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high, with 39.1% of people caring for children and 18.8% providing other unpaid care. Additionally, 29.0% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%.
18.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.3%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Tichborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13878/tichborne/topic/community