16.2% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tomingley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tomingley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Tomingley have stayed strong, with 16.2% of people giving their time. This is a community where more people volunteer than in the state or national averages, although far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare or housework compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 17.6% of people care for children unpaid and 15.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below state and national figures.
10.7% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 higher number of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most areas, with 3.5% of residents having served, which is a little above the state average.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Tomingley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13914/tomingley/topic/community