25.9% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tooma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tooma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 25.9% of people in Tooma volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement stands out against lower rates of unpaid care and domestic work in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate in Tooma is much higher than in most other areas, sitting 13 percentage points above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 8.6% of people providing care, which is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%. Similarly, the 22.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national rate.
8.6% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
No one in Tooma has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Tooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13924/tooma/topic/community