10.8% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuggerawong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tuggerawong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Tuggerawong has shifted over the last decade, though volunteering remains uncommon. While only 10.8% of residents volunteer, the area has a higher-than-average number of people who served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10.8%, it is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 24.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 13.5% of residents providing some form of unpaid care.
13.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Tuggerawong have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.3%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Tuggerawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13969/tuggerawong/topic/community