6.7% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tomewin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tomewin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Tomewin than in other parts of the country, with only 6.7% of residents doing so. This low level of community involvement is a defining feature of the area compared to the rest of the state and nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 6.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—unpaid childcare at 21.3% is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. General unpaid care is also a little below the national rate at 10.1%.
10.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tomewin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13913/tomewin/topic/community