21.5% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tura Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tura Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 21.5% of people in Tura Beach volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work and service, with significantly higher rates of volunteering and Defence Force experience than the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.8% of residents providing support and 28.0% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the 18.4% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
13.8% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Tura Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13991/tura-beach/topic/community