2.8% ▼ -71.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tomago · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tomago
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Tomago compared to other areas, with only 8.9% of residents doing so. This reflects a broader trend in the area where volunteering and unpaid domestic work are both significantly lower than state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.8% of people in Tomago volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 11.7% of people caring for children and 17.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the New South Wales figure for housework, which is 21.2%.
8.9% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.7% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
A slightly higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 4.1%, which is a little above both the state and national averages.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Tomago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13907/tomago/topic/community