9.6% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Tamworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12% of people in West Tamworth provide unpaid care, making it a place where most residents do not have formal caring duties. While some people do help others, overall community involvement and unpaid home work are both notably low compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.6% of people helping out, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is far less common here than elsewhere, as only 16.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%, and the proportion of people caring for children is also well below the Australian average.
12.0% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
About 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 West Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14269/west-tamworth/topic/community