20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tomki · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tomki
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Tomki contribute their time to others than in the typical Australian community. This is most evident in the high rates of volunteering and child care, creating a strong culture of unpaid support across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five residents volunteers here, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 33.3% of people provide unpaid child care, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing general unpaid care are at levels about the same as the rest of Australia.
11.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.5% of residents having served.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Tomki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13915/tomki/topic/community