16.8% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Timbumburi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Timbumburi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people put in unpaid hours at home than in most other areas, making Timbumburi a place where domestic work and care are common. This is seen in the high number of people managing households and looking after children. While few people provide general unpaid care, there is a strong spirit of volunteering and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people in Timbumburi volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Domestic work is very common here, with 34.7% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home activity is consistent with the 28.7% of people who provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas.
7.9% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.7% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of people having served, a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Timbumburi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13887/timbumburi/topic/community