21.6% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Timor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Timor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of people do unpaid housework in Timor, where community involvement is very high. This rural area sees 21.6% of residents volunteering, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This suggests a strong culture of helping others and managing home duties within the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of people helping out. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Timor, with 48.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 40.5% caring for children. Both figures are far above the national average, though no one in the area reports providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
48.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 48.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% national average and the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Timor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13888/timor/topic/community