16.3% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tomakin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tomakin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Tomakin volunteer their time, showing a strong local commitment to helping others. This rate is well above the New South Wales figure and slightly higher than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the state average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.2% of people providing care and 24.9% doing over 15 hours of housework, though the 21.4% who care for children is well below the national figure.
13.2% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with the 6.0% rate sitting well above the 2.8% national average.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Tomakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13908/tomakin/topic/community