14.7% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tomerong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tomerong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Tomerong has remained steady, with 14.7% of people volunteering. The area is most notable for its high number of former Defence Force members, with 6.5% of residents having served.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people in Tomerong volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 27.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. Around 13.3% provide unpaid care, while 26.6% care for children without pay.
13.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, at 6.5%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Tomerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13912/tomerong/topic/community