18.7% ▼ -38.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Towamba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Towamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 36% of people in Towamba spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This level of home contribution is far above the national figure, making it one of the most prominent features of local community life. Residents here also step up to help others more often than people in most other Australian towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Towamba, with 18.7% of people giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life here, as 14.5% of residents provide care for others, which is a little above the national figure. While 36% do heavy housework—far above the 20.7% seen across Australia—far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to most other areas.
14.5% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.0% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 36.0%
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.
Service to the country is much more common in Towamba than in most similar areas. About 5.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Towamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13945/towamba/topic/community