16.7% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tucabia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tucabia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and service than most similar areas define Tucabia. Around 20% of residents provide unpaid care, while 6.2% have served in the Defence Force. These figures show a community with a strong commitment to looking after others and serving the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Tucabia, with 19.6% of people providing care—well above the 11.9% national figure. This is seen in the 28.4% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly and the 27.1% who care for children unpaid.
19.6% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 6.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national average.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Tucabia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13963/tucabia/topic/community