6.9% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Turrella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Turrella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.9% of people volunteer in Turrella, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other areas of unpaid work and service across the neighbourhood.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for areas of this size, sitting at 6.9% compared to 13.0% across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.2% of people providing care and 20.6% caring for children unpaid. Similarly, the 14.0% of people doing over 15 hours of housework is well below the Australian figure of 20.7%.
8.2% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.0% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.6%, which is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.6%
Lower than 70% 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 Turrella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14000/turrella/topic/community