21.1% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tocumwal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tocumwal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Tocumwal than in most similar areas. Around 21.1% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that sits well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 21.1% of the community volunteers, which is well 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 12.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure, only 19.6% care for children unpaid—a rate well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.3% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
The local area has a much higher proportion of veterans than most similar places, with 4.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Tocumwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13903/tocumwal/topic/community