25.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toms Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Toms Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking rise in community involvement marks the recent trend for Toms Creek. More than a quarter of residents now volunteer, and there is a very high rate of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 25.8% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is among the highest in the country at 29.0%, which is far above the national 11.9%. This trend is seen in the home too, as 32.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
29.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 32.3%
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 residents reported serving in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Toms Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13916/toms-creek/topic/community