17.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Turrawan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Turrawan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Turrawan serve their community than in the state or national average. Roughly 17.6% of residents volunteer and 10.6% have served in the Defence Force, both of which are well above typical figures for New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people giving their time, a figure well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While a quarter of residents provide unpaid childcare, 35.3% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. About 11.8% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
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 very common in Turrawan, with 10.6% of people having served, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
10.6%
Higher than 97% 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 Turrawan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13999/turrawan/topic/community