11.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuggerah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tuggerah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Tuggerah than in most other similar areas. Only 11.7% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people here volunteer, a rate that is much lower than most areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 26.1% of residents caring for children, which is about the same as the national figure. Around 11.6% provide other unpaid care, and 22.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
11.6% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Tuggerah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13968/tuggerah/topic/community