24.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tipperary · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tipperary
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people volunteer in Tipperary, making it a place where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than the national average. This strong spirit of contribution is paired with a high number of people providing unpaid child care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.2% of people pitching in. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—others spend less time on chores. Only 15.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Tipperary, with 9.1% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
9.1%
Higher than 94% 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 Tipperary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13898/tipperary/topic/community