66.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tambo Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tambo Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Two-thirds of residents in Tambo Crossing volunteer, a rate far higher than the national figure. This strong spirit of helping out is paired with high levels of unpaid care and housework, making community and family support a central part of daily life here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 66.7% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life, as 38.1% of people provide unpaid care and 52.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above state and national figures. In contrast, the 14.3% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the 26.3% average for Victoria and Australia.
38.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tambo Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22432/tambo-crossing/topic/community