27.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuckurimba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tuckurimba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of people volunteer in Tuckurimba, where 27.9% of residents give their time. This strong spirit of giving is mirrored in the home, with very high rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in New South Wales or Australia, with 27.9% of people pitching in, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 43.0% of people caring for children and 36.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are far above the national averages, while 26.7% provide other forms of unpaid care.
26.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.2%
- 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.
A slightly higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 3.4%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Tuckurimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13966/tuckurimba/topic/community