16.7% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tumut · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tumut
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state average, 16.7% of people in Tumut give their time to volunteering. This community spirit stands out as a key feature of local life, while other forms of unpaid work and service remain typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and slightly higher than the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 25.8% of people caring for children and 11.8% providing other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as state and national levels. Around 21.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure lower than most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.9% of the population having served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Tumut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13984/tumut/topic/community