19.0% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuckombil · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tuckombil
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in unpaid work and community roles in Tuckombil than in most similar areas. This is seen in a high rate of volunteering and a significant number of residents who manage home and care duties. Roughly 19% of the population volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Tuckombil are well above the state average, with 19% of people giving their time to others compared to 13% across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 33.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with higher rates of people providing unpaid care (13.8%) and those caring for children (28%).
13.8% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.6% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 33.6%
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.
The proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is 3.4%, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales average.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Tuckombil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13965/tuckombil/topic/community