24.3% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tullamore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tullamore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Tullamore volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is the standout feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.3% of residents are volunteers, which is much higher than most similar areas and 10 percentage points above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.7% of people provide unpaid care, the share of residents caring for children unpaid is 20.3%, which is well below the national figure.
12.7% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national average.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Tullamore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13972/tullamore/topic/community