20.3% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Turlinjah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Turlinjah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Turlinjah spend at least 15 hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This level of domestic work sits alongside a strong culture of volunteering and a higher-than-usual number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average, 17.2% of the community provide some form of unpaid care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
17.2% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force. At 3.9%, this is a little above both the state and national figures.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Turlinjah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13993/turlinjah/topic/community