18.6% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuross Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tuross Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 18.6% of residents in Tuross Head volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and service, with high rates of both domestic duties and former military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate of 18.6% is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 14.0% of people provide care and 29.0% do at least 15 hours of housework, both well above national figures. Conversely, the 12.4% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.0% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.4% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
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 Tuross Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13997/tuross-head/topic/community